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: S4W-23146
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when representatives of the Scottish Government first discussed the possibility of Richard Carey taking early retirement as Chief Executive of NHS Grampian, and who was involved in those discussions.
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Question reference: S4W-23149
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and (b) First Minister first became aware of the possibility of Richard Carey taking early retirement as Chief Executive of NHS Grampian.
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Question reference: S4W-23029
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Health and Safety Executive or the UK Government regarding proposals to increase the number of offshore oil and gas workers sharing an accommodation cabin in North Sea installations and what assessment it has made of the impact that these changes will have on the health and safety of offshore workers.
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Question reference: S4W-23027
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when it will respond to the recent consultation on its proposed reforms to the fatal accident inquiry process.
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Question reference: S4W-23024
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the safety inspection standards applied to helicopters used in the transport of offshore workers in the oil and gas industry.
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Question reference: S4W-23019
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 18 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a list of primary care providers that will receive funding from the £40 million primary care development fund that was announced on 4 November 2014, broken down by the amount to be allocated.
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Question reference: S4W-23018
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 13 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it used to identify the primary care providers that will receive funding from the £40 million primary care development fund that was announced on 4 November 2014.
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Question reference: S4W-23017
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 13 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £40 million primary care development fund that was announced on 4 November 2014 will be allocated to primary care providers in each (a) NHS board and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S4W-23026
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding an independent public inquiry into commercial pressures on offshore helicopter operations and their impact on the safe transport of offshore workers in the oil and gas industry.
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Question reference: S4W-23025
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding commercial pressures on offshore helicopter operations and their impact on the safe transport of offshore workers in the oil and gas industry.
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