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
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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Question reference: S5W-21940
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether Scotland Transerv has the available resources to fulfil its contractual obligations regarding the management and maintenance of the A75 and the trunk road network in the south west.
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Question reference: S5W-21871
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 15 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage the uptake of superfast broadband.
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Question reference: S5W-21849
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 14 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much investment has been made by BT through Gainshare as part of the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) programme, broken down by Parliamentary region.
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Question reference: S5W-21930
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what statutory protection is available to home owners to protect them from excessive charges for repairs by (a) registered social landlords and (b) factors.
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Question reference: S5W-21929
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what appeal mechanisms are available to home owners when facing charges for repairs by (a) registered social landlords and (b) factors that they consider excessive.
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Question reference: S5W-21928
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers to home owners facing what they consider excessive charges for repairs being carried out by (a) registered social landlords and (b) factors.
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Question reference: S5W-21927
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances a (a) registered social landlord and (b) factor can force a private home owner into bankruptcy.
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Question reference: S5W-21845
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed scallop fishery management with the Manx Government and what the outcome was.
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Question reference: S5W-21846
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it collects on fishing net entanglements, and how many there have been since 2015 involving (a) humpback whales, (b) minke whales, (c) porpoises and (d) dolphins.
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Question reference: S5W-21818
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, where a core path has been routed across a residential garden area, whether the landowner can request that it be re-routed; who is responsible for determining such a decision, and who is responsible for meeting the costs of a re-routed path.
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