Questions and answers
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
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Question reference: S5O-03963
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase its digital economy budget.
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Question reference: S5W-26690
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24325 by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 August 2019, whether it will provide an update on Scotland’s progress towards achieving the 2020 Aichi Targets, and how many of the 20 global targets it expects to have met by January 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-26565
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing hard engineering traffic calming measures, such as traffic islands, on the A75 at Springholm village.
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Question reference: S5W-26563
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish the results of the A9 HGV speed limit trial, and what plans it has to carry out a similar exercise on the A75.
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Question reference: S5W-26561
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether all documentation received during an S36 planning application consultation is made public on its Energy Consents Unit website.
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Question reference: S5W-26560
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that the website of its Energy Consents Unit records all information in a timeous manner, which is fit for purpose, transparent and audited, and how it monitors the effectiveness of this.
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Question reference: S5W-26562
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that, during a consultation process, the website of its Energy Consents Unit provides (a) transparent information regarding timescales and (b) updates.
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Question reference: S5W-26567
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 9 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop a new medical school at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
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Question reference: S5W-26291
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government where the £2 million allocated for improvements in breastfeeding levels in the financial year 2018-19 has been spent, and on what.
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Question reference: S5W-26208
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many hen harrier nests there have been on (a) RSPB and (b) non-RSPB reserves in each of the last seven years, and what information it has on how many failed to have any chicks fledge, broken down by the reason for the failure.