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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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Question reference: S6W-37208

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 22 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will lay before Parliament the Fitness for Judicial Office Tribunal report relating to part-time sheriff John Halley.

Question reference: S6F-04052

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 May 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-37211

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the dates of the last 10 meetings of the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce, and how many of these meetings were attended by its ministers.

The dates of the last ten meetings of the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce are listed.

2025	2024	2023	2022
20 February	3 October	5 October	6 October
	13 June	15 June	16 June
	1 February	2 February	3 February

Keith Brown MSP, previous Justice Secretary, chaired the meetings until February 2023. I took on the role of Chair in June 2023.

The Lord Advocate attended meetings on 3 February and 16 June 2022 in her capacity as Head of the Prosecution Service.

The Solicitor General attended meetings on 6 October 2022, 2 February 2023 and 13 June and 3 October 2024 in her capacity as a Law Officer.

Question reference: S6W-36637

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, following the nationalisation of Ferguson Marine in 2019, whether responsibility for the contract to build MV Glen Sannox and MV Glen Rosa was transferred from CMAL to the Scottish Government.

Question reference: S6W-36638

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government on what date MV Glen Sannox was transferred from the Scottish Government back to CMAL as part of its ferry fleet.

Question reference: S6W-36640

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether MV Glen Sannox was completed to its original design specification as stipulated by CMAL.

Question reference: S6W-36639

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the price of MV Glen Sannox was upon transfer of responsibility for the vessel from the Scottish Government to CMAL.

Question reference: S6W-37209

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 12 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33050 by Shona Robison on 21 January 2025, how much it has spent on advertising in (a) national and (b) local newspapers, broken down by title, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6F-04024

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-03999

Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.