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-20803
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent government accounts reclassification decision by the Office for National Statistics, whether it has agreed with the Treasury how student loans and debts are to be treated in Scottish Government accounts, and, if so, what changes it will make.
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Question reference: S5W-20802
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what estimates it has made of how many unpaid student loans there will be in the next (a) 5, (b) 10 and (c) 15 years, based on the (i) previous and (ii) latest Scottish student loan repayment thresholds, expressed in (A) cash and (B) percentage terms.
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Question reference: S5W-20799
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the proportion of all student loans paid to Scottish-domiciled students that will not be repaid, expressed as a percentage.
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Question reference: S5W-21102
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 31 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to align the practical aspects of providing high-quality bereavement care with the development of the National Bereavement Care Pathway.
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Question reference: S5W-20805
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to follow the example of the Welsh and UK governments by legislating on flygrazing so that the public and landowners can act quickly to deal with horse welfare and, if so, when.
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Question reference: S5W-20804
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what legislation currently applies to flygrazing in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-21157
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it established a board to work with the Chief Executive of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, and who serves on the board.
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Question reference: S5W-21156
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Chief Executive of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland is appointed for a set term of office.
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Question reference: S5W-21155
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the remit is of the Chief Executive of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-20985
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20494 by Jamie Hepburn on 20 December 2018, whether it will confirm on what dates it has held discussions with Unison regarding trade union recognition at Cornerstone, and whether it will publish any exchange of letters that it has had with the union regarding this matter.