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-15896
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 1 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much business rates relief has cumulatively saved businesses since 2007, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5W-15895
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 1 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the average saving per property will be in 2018-19 as a result of its package of business rates, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5W-15893
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 1 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in each local authority area will be exempt from business rates in 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5O-01998
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland has shared its experience of tackling knife crime with the Metropolitan Police.
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Question reference: S5O-01948
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to grow the economy of Cunninghame North.
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Question reference: S5O-01923
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce the factors that impact on child poverty.
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Question reference: S5O-01886
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding building a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Question reference: S5F-02098
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 February 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 March 2018
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the dangers of teenagers in Ayrshire ingesting substances purporting to be the drug, MDMA.
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Question reference: S5W-14436
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to healthcare practitioners to ensure that survivors of sexual violence receive healthcare that is sensitive to their needs.
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Question reference: S5O-01787
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it will take forward the Ayrshire Growth Deal, given that it has not yet received UK Government support.