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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-00879

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many acres of farmland it estimates will be affected by the proposed changes to the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011.

Question reference: S4O-00876

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that there is an effective strategy in place to tackle learning disabilities, including dyslexia, in young people in the Scottish Borders.

Education authorities have a duty to identify any additional support needs for all the children and young people for whom they are responsible and to tailor provision to their individual circumstances.

In order to help all teachers in Scotland identify the signs of literacy difficulties and dyslexia early in a child’s school life, the Scottish Government, in partnership with Dyslexia Scotland, launched the online “Assessing Dyslexia” Toolkit in June 2010. This was supported by four regional seminars attended by 338 teachers.

In order to further enhance this support, the Scottish Government announced an additional £40,000 grant to Dyslexia Scotland in November 2011. This will be used to:

review and update the “Toolkit”;

add new materials on how to support children and young people with dyslexia, and

develop a section for local authorities on how to best implement this resource.

Question reference: S4F-00558

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 March 2012

To ask the First Minister whether he considers that separation from the rest of the United Kingdom could be negotiated within a year of an independence referendum.

Question reference: S4W-06012

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to introduce legislation regarding the regulation of independent ambulance services.

Question reference: S4O-00787

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to promote the teaching of major Scottish historical events that have significant anniversaries in 2013 and 2014 in schools.

Question reference: S4O-00709

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is supporting deaf and hard of hearing people in the Scottish Borders.

Question reference: S4O-00693

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it considers the Parliament’s IT system to be fit for purpose.

Question reference: S4W-05102

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive on what information it based its decision to remove funding from Borderline for 2012-13.

Question reference: S4O-00667

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what its transport priorities are for the Scottish Borders.

Question reference: S4W-05041

Asked by: John Lamont, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 31 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is intended that the fees that local authorities collect in connection with planning applications should be sufficient to cover the costs of running that authority’s planning department.