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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 22 May 2025
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Question reference: S3W-17722

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with relevant stakeholders about any concerns about the impact of the ban on tail docking on tail injuries in undocked dogs.

Question reference: S3W-17205

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 October 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to concerns among deer farmers at the delay in achieving a mechanism that would allow them to access support under the single farm payment scheme.

Question reference: S3W-17204

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 October 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-17027 by Richard Lochhead on 23 October 2008, whether it considers that, by including only deer farmers producing deer for the farmed market, it would be possible to devise a mechanism to support deer farmers through the single farm payment scheme that is affordable, fair, sustainable and legally sound.

Question reference: S3W-17536

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with representatives of Argyll and Bute Council and other local stakeholders about the desire of the Luing community to secure a fixed link for the island.

Question reference: S3W-17537

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made towards achieving a fixed link, or other permanent transport solution, for the island of Luing.

Question reference: S3W-17043

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 12 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to secure a more balanced gender ratio in the education sector by exposing male pupils to relevant educational role models during their formative years, thus promoting a higher rate of male school leavers entering higher and further education.

Question reference: S3W-17171

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 12 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to upgrade the A83 between Tarbert and Ardrishaig.

Question reference: S3W-17044

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 7 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to establish a more diverse vocational curriculum for male and female students, with a view to higher rates of male and female school leavers entering higher education, further education, employment, voluntary work or training.

Question reference: S3W-17269

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 7 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Ministry of Defence (MOD), Argyll and Bute Council and Highland and Islands Enterprise about the MOD's decision to sell its base at Machrihanish in Argyll and the opportunities for future use of the site.

Question reference: S3W-17270

  • Asked by: Jamie McGrigor, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 7 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Ministry of Defence's decision to sell its base at Machrihanish in Argyll, what input the Scottish Government will have in this process to maximise any benefits to the people and the economy of Campbeltown and Kintyre.