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.
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To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reduced the budget under the heading, Creative Scotland and Other Arts, by £4.1 million in its 2021-22 budget, compared with its 2020-21 budget.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what progress has been made with the delivery of the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26, and whether it will provide the Parliament with regular updates.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reopen Eastriggs railway station.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01498 by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2020, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding how much of any remaining funds it plans to spend on the railway between Aberdeen and Dundee and, if this information is not held centrally at present, whether it will confirm if there is an option that none of the funding could be allocated to that route.
To ask the Scottish Government how (a) many flood defence schemes it has (i) commissioned and (ii) completed and (b) much it has spent on flood defences in each local authority area in the South Scotland parliamentary region in each year since 2011.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the climate emergency is a material consideration in Scotland's planning system.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01420 by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021, which organisation is carrying out the independent review; when the contract for this work was signed by Transport Scotland, and whether it will publish the terms of reference for this review.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01202 by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021, whether it will list (a) the seven core and (b) any additional shipbrokers that Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) are working with to identify suitable tonnage for charter on routes in the contract for Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services, and (c) any vessels that have been recommended by a shipbroker to CMAL for purchase since 1 January 2015.
To ask the Scottish Government what funding mechanism it plans to use for the works on the sections of the A9 that are still to be dualled.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage and facilitate the safe disposal of disused flares and other time expired pyrotechnics (TEPs) in island and rural communities.