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: S4W-27581
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on what other countries have an independent fiscal scrutiny body and economic forecasts are done solely by the government.
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Question reference: S4W-27580
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on what other countries have an independent fiscal scrutiny body of which the members both advise and scrutinise government.
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Question reference: S4W-27583
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund are on independent fiscal scrutiny bodies and how the proposals for a Scottish Fiscal Commission (a) meet and (b) fail to meet these.
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Question reference: S4W-27484
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how it will monitor the performance of the new personal injury courts, and whether it will publish the results.
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Question reference: S4W-27483
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the alleged victims in personal injury cases will have to pay more for access to the same service in a lower tier court than was the case previously.
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Question reference: S4W-27525
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it was made aware of the decision to remove the blood pressure clinic from the Vale of Leven Hospital.
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Question reference: S4W-27527
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to prevent the removal of the blood pressure clinic from the Vale of Leven Hospital.
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Question reference: S4W-27528
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the blood pressure clinic at the Vale of Leven hospital is being removed.
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Question reference: S4W-27526
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the removal of the blood pressure clinic from the Vale of Leven Hospital to be consistent with the aims and objectives of the Vision for the Vale.
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Question reference: S4W-27480
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that people with mesothelioma are having to wait for more than six months to obtain access to their medical records.
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