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: S5O-02702
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in reducing youth unemployment in North Ayrshire.
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Question reference: S5W-19891
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the existing and proposed marine protected areas, and other spatial measures, are sufficient to preserve the health of the seabed.
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Question reference: S5W-19834
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that its services, such as financial health checks, which are delivered through Citizens Advice bureaux, are equally accessible in local authority areas where no bureaux are present.
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Question reference: S5O-02557
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the world’s carbon output is from Scotland, and what it plans to reduce this to by 2050.
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Question reference: S5O-02514
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to help boost the Ayrshire economy.
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Question reference: S5W-19150
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 26 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the outcome of the BBC Loneliness Experiment, which indicates that levels of loneliness are highest among 16- to 24-year-olds, with 40% saying they often or very often feel lonely.
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Question reference: S5W-19062
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18698 by Derek Mackay on 25 September 2018, what information it has on how much revenue has accrued to the Treasury from alcohol duty on Scotch whisky, at today’s prices, over the last 10 years for which figures are available.
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Question reference: S5W-18698
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much revenue has accrued to the Treasury from Scotch Whisky, at today’s prices, over the last 10 years for which figures are available.
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Question reference: S5W-18701
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has been consulted by the Treasury regarding proposals to increase employers’ national insurance contributions, and what impact the implementation of these proposals would have on Scotland’s (a) budget and (b) public services.
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Question reference: S5O-02409
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop an industrial strategy for the River Clyde and its adjacent communities.