Questions and answers
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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-04924
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 1 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the economic impact of agriculture in Dumfries and Galloway.
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Question reference: S5O-00436
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the money raised by local authorities should be kept in their areas.
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Question reference: S5W-04826
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what mechanism is in place to report safety concerns on core paths, and to whom these concerns should be reported.
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Question reference: S5W-04921
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce illegal puppy trafficking from taking place at Cairnryan.
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Question reference: S5W-04867
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many children have been removed from school education in the last two years, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) age.
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Question reference: S5O-00392
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many FoI requests have been made to Transport Scotland in the last 12 months and, of that number, how many have been fully answered on time.
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Question reference: S5O-00402
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs have been recruited in Dumfries and Galloway through the bursary incentive, and how many posts remain vacant.
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Question reference: S5W-04483
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 11 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what economic modelling it is aware of on the impact of amoebic gill disease on farmed salmon stocks.
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Question reference: S5W-04484
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 11 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the culling of farmed fish stocks that are affected by amoebic gill disease.
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Question reference: S5W-04485
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 11 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage fish farms to report incidences of amoebic gill disease.