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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: S4O-05687

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports apprenticeships.

Question reference: S4O-05663

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how it encourages the provision of libraries in schools in the Highlands and Islands.

Question reference: S4W-30044

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of the report in The Sunday Times that the Have you Got the Bottle? campaign for the introduction of a deposit return scheme for beverage containers is funded by a multinational reverse vending company.

Question reference: S4W-30046

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 7 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had meetings with representatives of the Have You Got the Bottle? campaign.

Question reference: S4W-30045

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 7 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether any of its officials or partner agencies were on the recent delegation to Oslo organised by the Have You Got the Bottle? campaign.

Question reference: S4W-30047

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had meetings with (a) the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, (b) Ramblers Scotland, (c) RSPB Scotland, (d) Changeworks Recycling or (e) FIDRA to discuss deposit return schemes for beverage containers.

Question reference: S4W-30043

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the financial gain that reverse vending companies could make from the introduction of a deposit return scheme for beverage containers in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-05629

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports the historic houses and built heritage sector.

Question reference: S4W-29624

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 February 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the delay in paying basic payments to farmers and crofters will not impact on the timescale for the payment of less favoured area support payments.

The less favoured area support scheme (LFASS) shares an application process with the new basic payment scheme, and for both schemes it is necessary to verify the area of land in each farmer’s claim.

LFASS payments are always made in arrears, so the payments due in 2016 are in respect of the 2015 scheme. There is no fixed payment window for LFASS payments in the EU regulations.

The Scottish Government indicated to the farming industry some time ago that because of the link between the schemes, and the challenges of implementing an unprecedently complex Common Agricultural Policy reform in its first year, LFASS payments in 2016 could be subject to some delay compared with previous years. The government is aiming to minimise this and we will update stakeholders when we meet later this week.

Question reference: S4O-05508

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 February 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with representatives of Argyll and Bute Council.