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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 23 December 2024
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Question reference: S5W-27171

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 February 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what the waiting time is for cataract removal surgery in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway area.

Question reference: S5O-04122

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 February 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve road safety around schools in rural areas.

Question reference: S5W-27093

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 February 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how a member of the public can contact the Inspector of Funeral Directors.

Question reference: S5W-26692

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the Scottish Schools Education Research Centre, and what was discussed.

Question reference: S5W-26693

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what STEM training it plans to put in place for early years practitioners.

Question reference: S5W-26604

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26276 by Fergus Ewing on 25 November 2019, whether the UK Forestry Standard guidance restricts all proposals for planting on peat over 50cm in depth, including re-planting on peatland that had been previously planted, or whether it applies to proposals for new planting only.

Question reference: S5W-26509

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26081 by Fergus Ewing on 12 November 2019, how it ensures that the guidance is followed at a local level.

Question reference: S5W-26274

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of available capacity to treat patients from Dumfries and Galloway requiring radiotherapy in Carlisle.

Question reference: S5W-26287

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 26 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to support a 3G football pitch in Gretna.

Question reference: S5W-26285

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 26 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that approved noise levels for windfarms should be reviewed.