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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: S6W-44324
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the First Minister on 6 November 2025 regarding Cameron Barracks, whether it has sought discussions with the UK Government regarding the suitable locations to house asylum seekers humanely, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-44326
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the First Minister on 6 November 2025 regarding Cameron Barracks, whether it has had any meetings or engagement with the UK Government in relation to the facility since 1 January 2026 and, if so, whether it will publish details of these, including providing details for the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
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Question reference: S6W-44323
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the First Minister on 6 November 2025 regarding Cameron Barracks, what (a) discussions it had had with the UK Government regarding and (b) its position is on the Home Office's plans to use the facility as a suitable location to house asylum seekers.
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Question reference: S6W-44317
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make any further announcements regarding the A96 dualling project before the end of the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-44319
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider reducing the amount of money to be allocated to active travel schemes in 2026-27 and to reallocate this for the purposes of establishing an emergency fund to carry out necessary works to maintain bridges in rural Scotland, which may otherwise be closed due to safety reasons, potentially causing difficulties for rural communities, including farmers who rely on such bridges to carry out their work.
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Question reference: S6W-44056
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 12 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will require Offshore Solutions Group to carry out a full environmental impact assessment for any potential development for which it might seek licences or permissions, involving the proposed marine storage of offshore wind platform bases near inshore areas off (a) Nairn and (b) Findhorn.
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Question reference: S6O-05671
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2026
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether the planned restoration of all vaccination services for children at GP practices in NHS Highland will go ahead from April.
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Question reference: S6W-44135
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the planning application should automatically be rejected of any company proven to have misled the public or the Parliament regarding what environmental safeguards will be applicable to their application.
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Question reference: S6W-44134
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will automatically reject any planning application for a company proposing substantial marine development that does not require it to submit a full environmental impact assessment (EIA) where that company has previously undertaken to provide one, and, if not, for what reason.
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Question reference: S6W-44133
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received any requests from Offshore Solutions Group regarding its proposal for marine storage of offshore wind farm bases, MorayFLOW-PARK, that it should not be required to submit a full environmental impact assessment (EIA), and, if it has, what its response is to reported comments from the company that a full EIA would be obtained by them, and what action the Scottish Government can take, in light of this reported reversal by the company.
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