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: S4O-02470
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs will be lost in Dumfries and Galloway if the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service transfers its call handling facility to Johnstone.
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Question reference: S4O-02472
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its planned investment in 2014-15 using the non-profit distributing model has decreased by £164 million since September 2012.
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Question reference: S4W-17162
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 it has made available to organisations that facilitate the reporting and detection of crime in each year since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S4W-17161
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the shingles vaccination is being made available only to people aged between 70 and 79.
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Question reference: S4W-17163
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has responded to the UK Government’s consultation on the controlled substances and impairment thresholds in relation to the offence of driving under the influence of drugs.
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Question reference: S4W-17164
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it will bring forward regulations on the controlled substances and impairment limits for the offence in Scotland of driving under the influence of drugs and whether it plans to hold a separate consultation from the UK Government’s consultation on the issue.
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Question reference: S4W-17165
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is considering taking to ensure that people with chronic pain are not criminalised when the offence of driving under the influence of drugs is introduced.
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Question reference: S4W-16865
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 24 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether colleges may specify private sector halls of residence as required accommodation for the receipt of a college bursary.
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Question reference: S4W-16864
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 24 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance is issued to individual colleges regarding eligibility criteria for college bursaries.
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Question reference: S4W-17042
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 19 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the status is of the Scottish livestock traceability research team (ScotEID).
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