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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: S4W-11585

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 11 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how much it paid in subsidy on publicly-funded vehicle service on the Gourock-Dunoon ferry service in each of the last 10 years in which it was in operation.

Question reference: S4W-11554

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 11 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many dairy (a) cows and (b) herds there have been in (i) Kintyre, (ii) Gigha, (iii) Cowal, (iv) Bute and (v) Arran since 1983.

Question reference: S4W-11503

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what organisations and individuals the independent review of the scientific evidence for a proposed special area of conservation for the Sound of Barra will consult.

Question reference: S4W-11502

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government who the chair is and members are of the independent review examining the scientific case for a proposed special area of conservation in the Sound of Barra.

Question reference: S4W-11264

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09224 by Keith Brown on 20 September 2012, whether and, if so, when it will publish the amendments made to its public service contract with Argyll Ferries Ltd.

Question reference: S4W-11263

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-10862 by Keith Brown on 14 November 2012, what the additional annual cost in the leasing charge is as a result of the purchase price of the vessels and additional works.

Question reference: S4W-11262

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the (a) details and (b) scope of Transport Scotland’s feasibility study into the viability of a vehicle and passenger ferry service on the Gourock-Dunoon ferry route.

Question reference: S4W-11073

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how much it will invest in improving the safety of the crossings on the A83 at (a) Tarbert and (b) Ardrishaig.

Question reference: S4W-11072

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the safety of the crossings on the A83 at (a) Tarbert and (b) Ardrishaig.

Question reference: S4W-10909

Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to Paul Wheelhouse's statement on 23 October 2012 (Official Report, c 12411), and in light of the 25% reduction in domestic gas consumption, what evidence it has that an increased household consumption of heating fuels has led to a rise in emissions.

<>Figures from the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change report Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2012 indicate that domestic gas consumption in the UK as a whole rose by 17% between 2009 and 2010 before falling by 25% between 2010 and 2011.

Between 2009 and 2010 there was an increase in Scottish greenhouse gas emissions in the residential sector of 1.1 MtCO₂e (15 per cent) which was primarily due to the rise in the use of fossil fuel heating in the residential sector. It is possible that the reduction in gas consumption observed at a UK level in 2011 may also be reflected in Scotland’s residential sector’s greenhouse gas emissions data for 2011.

Further details on the 2010 greenhouse gas emissions can be found in the Official Statistics publication: Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2010.