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-11254
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what agreements it has in place with the Isle of Man Government regarding fisheries, including shared fishing stocks, and what recent discussions there have been regarding (a) scallop fishing and (b) the rights of Scotland's scallop fleet.
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Question reference: S5W-11071
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 14 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the controlled trial of electrofishing for razor clams will take place; where the trial areas will be, and how it will ensure that non Scottish-owned vessels will be subject to the same rules as those owned in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-01255
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the funding for community sentences.
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Question reference: S5W-10607
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware or has been notified of any issues regarding the construction of the new hospital in Dumfries.
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Question reference: S5W-10122
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates NHS Scotland will spend on diabetes over the next five years.
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Question reference: S5W-10121
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 28 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital bed days have been used by people with diabetes in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-10123
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 26 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish an implementation strategy alongside the 2014 Diabetes Improvement Plan.
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Question reference: S5W-10019
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09710 by Kevin Stewart on 27 June 2017, whether it plans to provide new funding streams to community councils.
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Question reference: S5W-09665
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to teachers and schools on sex education for primary school children.
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Question reference: S5O-01182
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 28 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle poverty.