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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

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Question reference: S4W-19041

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 16 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether whaling in the Faroe Islands has an impact on pilot whale populations in Scottish waters.

Question reference: S4O-02769

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide next generation broadband in the west of Scotland.

Question reference: S4F-01758

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2013

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on recent reports that shoppers in an independent Scotland could face higher food bills.

Question reference: S4O-02675

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the Prison Officers' Association.

Question reference: S4W-18098

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 3 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in reviewing the Water Services Charges Exemption Scheme in relation to charities.

Question reference: S4O-02540

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the medical profession regarding the casework of GPs.

Question reference: S4W-16841

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 18 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the impact of welfare reforms introduced on 1 April 2013 on the number of people in Scotland attending GPs.

The Scottish Government is aware that GPs are reporting that they are seeing a significant rise in requests connected to welfare reforms and appreciate the challenges facing GPs in trying to do the best for their patients while coping with a growing demand for evidence for benefits appeals.

GPs have many other competing priorities and completing paperwork in connection with benefit assessments cannot and should not be prioritised ahead of the immediate clinical needs of patients.

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing has recommended to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions that urgent research is undertaken on the demands that welfare benefit reform is placing on primary care.

Question reference: S4F-01572

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2013

To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government will spend the £20 million that it announced on 11 September 2013 to help people affected by the so-called bedroom tax.

Question reference: S4W-16840

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-16302 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2013, how many of the claims made to the Scottish Welfare Fund since 1 April 2013 were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful.

Question reference: S4W-16304

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the Scottish Legal Aid Board in relation to the delivery of the Scottish Welfare Fund.