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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

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 November 2024
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Question reference: S5O-01751

  • Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 31 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many bodies in the voluntary sector that carry out an advocacy role are funded by it and its agencies.

Question reference: S5W-14035

  • Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government which bus operators in Glasgow ministers have met since May 2016; when the meetings took place; who was present, and what issues were discussed at each meeting.

Question reference: S5W-13151

  • Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the review of the Non-commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011.

Question reference: S5W-13152

  • Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it is progressing the proposal to develop a centralised UK-wide microchipping database, as recommended in its paper, Scoping Research on the Sourcing of Pet Dogs from Illegal Importation and Puppy Farms 2016-2017.

Question reference: S5O-01610

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5O-01574

  • Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures published in the Scottish OHCA Data Linkage Project, which suggest that people living in the most deprived areas are 43% less likely to survive an out of hospital cardiac arrest than those in more affluent areas.

Question reference: S5W-12696

  • Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12100 by Shona Robison on 6 November 2017, for what reason it does not use the Scottish Primary Care Information Resource or the NHS ISD Health and Social Care Data Integration and Intelligence Project to calculate the cost to the NHS and local authorities of providing care for people with neurological conditions, and whether it will now do so.

Question reference: S5W-12635

  • Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when the homelessness and rough sleeping action group will report to ministers, and by what date it will publish the findings.

Question reference: S5W-12562

  • Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government in light of the responses to the consultation on the Review of The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011, whether it will hold discussions with the Welsh Government and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) regarding the next steps of the post-implementation review.

Question reference: S5W-12646

  • Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has received from the leader of Glasgow City Council regarding the city's budget allocation, and whether these have called for an increase in the amount allocated.