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-14825
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the possible impact of Brexit on the fishing industry, and whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S5W-14184
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 27 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent report by Options for Scotland on alternative strategies for decommissioning, whether it will review its policy on decommissioning of offshore oil rigs, and, if so, whether it plans to ask the UK Government to do the same.
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Question reference: S5W-12813
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what legal requirements there are on private car park providers to allocate parking spaces for the specific use of disabled drivers.
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Question reference: S5W-12769
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 can be used in Scotland by private car park providers to impose parking fines.
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Question reference: S5W-08369
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when a minister last met proprietors of road haulage companies, and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-08021
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what training is given to police officers regarding how to determine the difference between sibling curiosity and sexual abuse or indecency; who (a) provides and (b) is given this training, and at what stage in an officer’s career this is provided.
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Question reference: S5W-08012
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many detentions have been made under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S5W-08015
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria police officers use when determining whether to detain a person under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, and under what circumstances officers would consider interviewing without detention.
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Question reference: S5W-08013
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many detentions in relation to (a) sexual offences and (b) indecency have been made under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in each of the last three years, also broken down by how many involved a sibling being detained.
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Question reference: S5W-08023
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what standard of proof is applied by police officers to differentiate whether an allegation of sexual assault or indecency by a child against a sibling can be considered as sibling curiosity, including what elements in the case must be present.