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-19131
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities are using or are seeking to use their powers under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to reduce business rates in 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5O-02472
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of hip operations have been carried out within the 12-week treatment time guarantee in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-18854
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18385 by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018, how it defines “modest” in its reference to a business rates supplement.
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Question reference: S5W-18514
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 19 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much in VAT receipts it expects to be assigned in the 2019-20 financial year, and what its strategy will be for maximising income from these assigned revenues.
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Question reference: S5O-02372
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to an independent review of football policing.
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Question reference: S5W-18387
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the receipts from the proposed new supplementary business rates levy pilots on out-of-town and online businesses will be used for, and how much is expected to be generated by each pilot.
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Question reference: S5W-18386
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage more local authorities to consider and utilise their existing powers under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 to set non-domestic rates fairly.
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Question reference: S5W-18385
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the new supplementary business rates levy pilots are likely to have on continued support for Business Improvement Districts in these areas.
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Question reference: S5O-02329
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what initiatives it plans to improve the environment in South Lanarkshire.
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Question reference: S5W-17605
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue raised by the business rates incentivisation scheme was retained by each local authority in each of the last four financial years.
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