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: S4W-05843
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on young people being placed on unpaid work placements and the impact of this on long-term youth unemployment in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-06081
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that public bodies are fulfilling their equality duty to people with communication difficulties who are attending a mental health tribunal.
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Question reference: S4W-06078
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what postgraduate qualification courses retain specialised bursary provision and student support as a consequence of their unique status.
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Question reference: S4W-06058
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact its decision to focus college plans on young people will have on reskilling opportunities for those over 25.
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Question reference: S4W-06074
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that people from low-income backgrounds have access to fully funded postgraduate qualifications.
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Question reference: S4W-06057
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 19 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is progressing the lifelong learning agenda.
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Question reference: S4W-06056
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 19 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the word "skills" is no longer used in any ministerial job title and which minister now has lead responsibility for that area.
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Question reference: S4W-06082
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will implement the recommendations from the Limited Review of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003: Report and how it will ensure that the specific needs of people with communication difficulties are considered in the implementation of the recommendations.
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Question reference: S4W-05692
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to legislate to end or curtail train engine idling.
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Question reference: S4W-05699
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 14 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how it supports UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools programme.
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