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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 24 November 2024
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Question reference: S5W-20564

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the effect on jobs for Scotland's workers of immigration waivers issued to employers in the offshore wind sector.

Question reference: S5W-20575

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of rates of pay for workers in the offshore (a) wind and (b) decommissioning industry.

Question reference: S5W-20561

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding employment levels for Scotland's seafarers in the (a) offshore wind sector and (b) vessels that supply and support the offshore wind and oil and gas industries.

Question reference: S5W-20553

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to recruit more pharmacists in (a) general practice and (b) community pharmacy.

Question reference: S5W-20552

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many students have enrolled on a MPharm undergraduate degree in Scotland in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S5W-20551

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many newly-qualified pharmacists it expects to enter the workforce in each year from 2019 to 2024.

Question reference: S5W-20562

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with UK Government regarding employment levels for Scotland's seafarers in the (a) passenger and (b) freight ferry sector.

Question reference: S5W-20563

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the application of the national minimum wage for seafarers working on merchant vessels operating from Scotland's ports.

Question reference: S5W-20537

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many trains were (a) cancelled and (b) delayed on the Aberdeen- (i) Glasgow and (ii) Edinburgh route on 2 December 2018, which was the day that ScotRail's new timetable came into force, also broken down by the reason for the disruption; whether ScotRail's performance target for the service that day was met, and what discussions it has had with the operator regarding the disruption.

Question reference: S5W-20398

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) was the first and (b) will be the final date of payments of monthly unitary charge for (i) phase 1, (ii) phase 2 and (iii) phase 2a of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).