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-16920
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) the UK Government, (b) the UK Chamber of Shipping and (c) Cruise Scotland regarding the implications of Brexit and new border control arrangements on (i) port and harbour authorities and (ii) the cruise sector.
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Question reference: S5O-02213
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in schools to address sectarianism.
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Question reference: S5W-15821
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) businesses and (b) individuals that are regulated practitioners in the facial aesthetics industry in Scotland were (i) charged and (ii) convicted as a result of performing defective surgery in each of the last four years.
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Question reference: S5W-15823
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost to the NHS has been in dealing with patients who had defective dermal filling injections from (a) a regulated and (b) an unregulated practitioner in each of the last four years.
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Question reference: S5W-15820
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) businesses and (b) individuals are regulated to operate in the facial aesthetics industry in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-15822
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) businesses and (b) individuals that are unregulated practitioners in the facial aesthetics industry were (i) charged and (ii) convicted as a result of performing defective surgery in each of the last four years.
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Question reference: S5W-15187
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many times in the last 12 months has the railway service in Inverclyde been affected by (a) the breakdown of a train, broken down by type of unit and (b) accidents involving vehicles at bridges, broken down by type of accident.
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Question reference: S5F-02180
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 March 2018
To ask the First Minister what discussions she has had with the Prime Minister regarding Scottish Limited Partnerships and concerns regarding their reported involvement in facilitating organised crime.
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Question reference: S5O-01908
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to people in Inverclyde in receipt of universal credit to assist them to have greater control over their household budget.