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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

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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 27 November 2024
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Question reference: S5W-15642

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it undertook with hydraulic dredge fishing operators prior to the passage of the Razor Clams (Prohibition on Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2017.

Question reference: S5W-15641

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government on what basis it used EU law to end hydraulic dredging for razor clams through the Razor Clams (Prohibition on Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2017.

Question reference: S5W-15645

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many hydraulic dredge vessels have fished for razor clams in Scottish inshore waters in the twelve-month period prior to the Razor Clams (Prohibition on Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2017 coming into force.

Question reference: S5W-15644

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether a comparison, through an economic and environmental assessment, of hydraulic dredging and electrofishing methods will be conducted during the razor clam electrofishing trial.

Question reference: S5W-15643

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it conducted an economic and environmental assessment of hydraulic dredging for razor clams prior to setting the terms of the razor clam electrofishing trial.

Question reference: S5W-15728

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the criteria that were used for installing an average speed camera on the A713 at Polnessan.

Question reference: S5W-15727

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what land it owns that is adjacent to the A75, and where this is located.

Question reference: S5W-15831

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 17 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths have arisen as a result of (a) no and (b) faulty smoke detectors or alarms being present in a property, and how many have arisen where fully-functioning smoke alarms or detectors were present in the last five years.

Question reference: S5O-01977

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many community right to buy applications have been received in the last 24 months, and what proportion has been approved.

Question reference: S5W-15094

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 March 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 15 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on implementing a consent-based sharing model to enable citizens to control, manage and share their own data.