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-11725
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government on how many days each court has sat in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-11726
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many indictments have been registered at each court in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-11724
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many jury trials have taken place at each court in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5O-01331
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 4 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many children born in Fife in the last five years have been diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome.
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Question reference: S5O-01312
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support GP surgeries in Fife.
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Question reference: S5O-01273
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it takes to support the tourism sector in Fife.
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Question reference: S5T-00678
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the terrorist incident at Parsons Green in London.
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Question reference: S5W-10956
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote the responsible selling among retailers and wholesalers of (a) quad bikes and (b) other similar single person-operated vehicles.
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Question reference: S5W-10955
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many quad bikes have been registered in Scotland on the DVLA’s voluntary registration scheme, and what action it is taking to promote the scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-10350
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many acid attacks there has been in each of the past five years; how many convictions there were, broken down by average length of sentence, and whether it plans to review the law on dealing with this type of crime.