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-15921
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 30 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many dog control notices have been issued in each of the last five years (a) nationally, (b) in the Eastwood constituency and (c) in the East Renfrewshire local authority area under section 1 of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010.
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Question reference: S5W-14673
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 3 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether any organisations that it funds to deliver aid abroad have reported any conduct or financial propriety issues to it.
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Question reference: S5O-01955
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on Scotland's economy of the decision by the Office for Budget Responsibility to revise upward its UK GDP growth forecast for 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-14672
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 16 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether any procedures that it has in place for the oversight of publicly-funded non-governmental organisations operating abroad are sufficient to ensure that the organisations demonstrate proper conduct and financial propriety.
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Question reference: S5W-14671
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 15 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what procedures it has in place for the oversight of publicly-funded non-governmental organisations operating abroad.
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Question reference: S5O-01911
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the need to promote gender equality.
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Question reference: S5O-01897
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when the health secretary last met the Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-14422
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths involving a person helping a relative facing a terminal or life-limiting illness to die have been recorded in each of the last five years, and how many subsequent (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were.
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Question reference: S5W-14614
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the 13% rise in personal debt in the Eastwood constituency that has been reported by the UK Personal Debt Index.
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Question reference: S5W-14613
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the UK Government to reduce personal debt levels in the Eastwood constituency.