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-26216
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has made of proposals to increase the national minimum wage in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-26224
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what reduction in tax revenue would result from matching the lower earning rate for national insurance contributions to the (a) existing and (b) planned personal allowance rates for income tax.
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Question reference: S4W-26221
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of reductions in employer national insurance contributions on tax revenue.
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Question reference: S4W-26218
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on public spending of an annual growth in the national minimum wage in Scotland of 5.5%.
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Question reference: S4W-26223
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on tax revenue of increasing the lower earning rate for national insurance contributions.
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Question reference: S4W-26215
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of targeted corporation tax reductions in Scotland on tackling (a) austerity and (b) inequality.
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Question reference: S4W-26220
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has made of the impact of reductions in employer national insurance contributions.
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Question reference: S4W-26214
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on tax revenue of targeted reductions in corporation tax in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-26213
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has made of the impact of targeted reductions in corporation tax in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-26229
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of targeted reductions in capital gains tax in Scotland on tackling (a) austerity and (b) inequality.
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