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: S6O-02616
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any work that its Constitutional Futures Division is doing to further the case for Scottish independence.
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Question reference: S6O-02555
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the next set of export statistics will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-20882
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Tayside Elective Care Centre at Perth Royal Infirmary will be officially opened.
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Question reference: S6T-01495
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of short-term let operators have applied to be licensed in advance of the deadline for applications under the licensing scheme of 1 October.
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Question reference: S6W-19864
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 3 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many deer it estimates are currently covered by deer management work by its agencies, and what the estimated cost to the public purse is in the current financial year.
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Question reference: S6W-19863
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 3 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much deer management is currently done (a) by its agencies and (b) privately.
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Question reference: S6W-19330
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the estimated last date will be that rural residents in Perth and Kinross can expect to have superfast broadband installed.
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Question reference: S6W-19331
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the estimated last date will be that rural residents in Fife can expect to have superfast broadband installed.
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Question reference: S6W-19328
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it expects that the R100 superfast broadband programme will be completed.
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Question reference: S6W-19329
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there has been a delay in the R100 programme from the original target date of 2021.