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-13966
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place (a) nationally and (b) in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway area for improving the health care options available to people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
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Question reference: S5F-01941
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2018
To ask the First Minister what support the Scottish Government is providing to the inshore fishing industry.
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Question reference: S5W-13566
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether registered social landlords can issue factoring policy charges to tenants for (a) the provision of bad debt write-offs, (b) marketing and (c) office rent, rates or utilities and, if so, under what legislation.
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Question reference: S5O-01611
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport will next visit Stranraer.
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Question reference: S5O-01658
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote Galloway's natural features to attract tourists.
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Question reference: S5W-13124
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many hen harrier nests there were on (a) RSPB and (b) non-RSPB reserves in each of the last five years, and what information it has regarding how many failed to have any chicks fledge, broken down by the reason for the failures.
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Question reference: S5W-12970
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what facilities are available to allow motorists who are experiencing tiredness while driving on motorways to rest.
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Question reference: S5W-12994
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on motorists who experience tiredness while driving on motorways pulling over to a service station car park to rest.
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Question reference: S5W-12995
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to motorists who have pulled over to a service station car park to rest after experiencing tiredness while driving on motorways being fined by service station owners because of the length of time they rested.
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Question reference: S5W-12969
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government who authorised the rebranding of police vehicles to include Gaelic language, and how much the rebranding has cost.