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-00432
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in (a) boosting competitiveness and (b) tackling inequality as set out in Scotland's Economic Strategy, and what methodology it uses to determine whether this is being made.
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Question reference: S5W-00366
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what measures to improve productivity it (a) has introduced and (b) plans to adopt.
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Question reference: S5W-00431
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has published (a) an action plan and (b) a monitoring framework to support the implementation of Scotland's Economic Strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-00547
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government who the members are of the Fair Work Convention; what its remit is; when it will first meet; whether the minutes of its meetings will be published, and when it will report.
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Question reference: S5W-00430
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the remit is of the review of Scottish Enterprise, Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council that was announced by Keith Brown on 31 May 2016 (Official Report, c. 19); when it will commence; what the timetable is for each stage; which stakeholders will be invited to participate, and when (a) it will be completed and (b) the findings will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-00549
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the Scottish Business Development Bank will be established.
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Question reference: S5W-00548
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government who the members are of the Scottish Investment Bank; what its remit is; how many loans it has issued and to whom; how much risk capital it has raised, and how many equity schemes have been set up, broken down by year.
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Question reference: S5W-00569
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether the board of the Scottish Investment Bank is separate from that of Scottish Enterprise.
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Question reference: S5W-00369
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what work the Oil and Gas Taskforce has carried out to secure jobs and apprenticeships in the oil industry.
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Question reference: S5W-00363
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on meeting its Scotland Performs' productivity purpose target for Scotland to rank in the top quartile against its key OECD trading partners by 2017.
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