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-25505
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 9 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will bring forward the next Comprehensive Spending Review, and what period this will cover.
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Question reference: S5W-25506
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 8 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what commitment it will give to protecting the health budget and to passing on any Barnet consequentials it receives as a consequence of any increased health expenditure by the UK Government.
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Question reference: S5W-25388
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 30 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many commercial properties in the (a) whisky, (b) banking and insurance, (c) oil and gas, (d) construction, (e) energy and (f) legal sector are liable for the large business rates supplement in 2019-20; how much it expects to raise, and how this compares with each of the last two years.
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Question reference: S5W-25297
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 26 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason older people living in some parts of the country, including in the NHS Fife area, are reportedly only being offered the 3-virus flu vaccine, and whether it plans to make the 4-virus vaccine available to them later in the year.
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Question reference: S5O-03611
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in completing the snagging work on the Queensferry Crossing, which is due to be completed by the end of the year, and whether this will lead to roadworks.
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Question reference: S5O-03544
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Tayside regarding the delivery of primary care services across the area.
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Question reference: S5W-24828
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on the Scottish Household Recycling Charter, including on a common colour system for collection of household waste across all 32 local authorities.
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Question reference: S5O-03440
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with preparing to commence the delivery of Disability Assistance for Children and Young People.
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Question reference: S5F-03393
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2019
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the Scottish Fiscal Commission prediction of a £1 billion shortfall in income tax receipts affecting the Scottish budget in the period 2020-23.
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Question reference: S5W-23191
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the ISD statistic for 2017-18 that shows 9.4% of patients in Fife with neck and head cancer had access to a specialist speech and language therapist before treatment.