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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 12 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-19726

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with Scottish Opera since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-19763

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of each organisation that has received funding from its Creative Communities programme in each year since it was established.

Question reference: S6W-19762

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government in what ways its National Partnership for Culture has influenced government policy since its establishment, and whether it can provide details and examples of any such influence.

Question reference: S6W-19764

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the total amount of grant funding was that was (a) available and (b) distributed for its Creative Communities programme in each year since it was established.

Question reference: S6W-19752

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its paper, A Culture Strategy for Scotland, whether it will provide an update on how it is delivering "cross-government policy compacts embedding culture at the centre of policy-making".

Question reference: S6W-19754

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its paper, A Culture Strategy for Scotland, whether it will provide an update on whether it has established a partnership with (a) Creative Scotland and (b) Engage Scotland, to identify best practice and barriers, and develop new approaches to supporting schools, teachers and pupils to engage more confidently with contemporary visual arts and design, and, if so, whether it can provide details of this.

Question reference: S6W-19744

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its paper, A Culture Strategy for Scotland, in what ways it has supported the cultural workforce through its Arts Alive programme.

Question reference: S6W-19756

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its paper, A Culture Strategy for Scotland, whether it is actively promoting Historic Environment Scotland’s work on climate change, and, if so, whether it can provide examples of this.

Question reference: S6W-19759

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its paper, A Culture Strategy for Scotland, whether it will provide an update on how it is working with culture trusts and local authorities, including in Community Planning Partnerships local networks and COSLA, to realise local outcomes.

Question reference: S6W-19698

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17512 by Kevin Stewart on 11 May 2023, whether it will provide an update on any actions from the Road Safety Framework Local Partnership Forum – North meeting on 15 June 2023 to (a) mitigate and (b) reduce the number of speeding offences on the North Coast 500 route.