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: S4O-01563
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to boost manufacturing employment and output.
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Question reference: S4O-01518
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review beta blocker prescribing recommendations following a study recently published in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggesting that beta blockers did not prolong the lives of patients.
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Question reference: S4O-01486
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage the renewables industry to invest in North Ayrshire.
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Question reference: S4O-01436
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what the level of crime in North Ayrshire was in 2007 and what it is now.
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Question reference: S4W-08122
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact on the Scottish economy will be of UK Government proposals to add VAT to the cost of repairing and maintaining listed buildings.
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Question reference: S4W-08004
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 28 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to (a) raise awareness and (b) encourage the teaching of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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Question reference: S4W-08003
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 28 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the Scottish Enlightenment is taught in schools.
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Question reference: S4W-07804
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-07532 by John Swinney on 8 June 2012, whether it will provide the GDP information in sterling.
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Question reference: S4W-07806
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to tackle depressive illness.
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Question reference: S4W-07805
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to Quarriers' recent survey of people with epilepsy that claimed that 55% of respondents believed that discrimination toward them was widespread.
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