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-07336
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that young people have a say in formulating the personal and social health education teaching framework.
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Question reference: S5W-07334
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to local authorities for the teaching of personal and social health education, also known as personal and social education, and when the guidance was last updated.
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Question reference: S5W-07155
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided to local authorities regarding legislation on the Named Person Service, and whether this guidance was updated following the judgement in the case, The Christian Institute and others v The Lord Advocate, on 28 July 2016.
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Question reference: S5O-00704
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to acknowledge and commemorate the role of the founding Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, Rudolf Bing, in this its 70th anniversary year.
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Question reference: S5O-00658
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 8 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Prestwick airport is to receive loans of £40 million three years earlier than initially forecast, as reported by Audit Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-00591
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet the board of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
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Question reference: S5W-05829
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent decision by the UK Government to do so, whether it will adopt the definition of anti-Semitism that has been designated by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
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Question reference: S5W-05265
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Medicines Consortium will publish guidance regarding the use of botulinum toxin for the treatment of chronic migraine.
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Question reference: S5O-00383
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to ensure that, where schools offer a cashless catering service, P1-P3 pupils who do not take the free meal option are unable to substitute this with sweets and other general tuck.
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Question reference: S5W-04590
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what procedures are in place for situations when a person from Scotland phones the NHS24 helpline from another part of the UK or abroad to seek urgent medical advice from NHS Scotland.
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