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-07459
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to providing payment exemptions to electric vehicles on ferry operators in the (a) Northern Isles and (b) rest of Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-07231
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the timetable for the introduction of an islands bill.
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Question reference: S5W-07198
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the survey of disabled people in the UK by the charity Scope, which suggested that (a) 53% have been bullied or harassed at work, (b) 21% have tried to hide their disability from their employers and (c) 58% felt at risk of losing their job due to their disability.
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Question reference: S5W-07197
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support disabled people who are victims of bullying or harassment at work.
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Question reference: S5W-06992
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many officers it expects to learn Gaelic as a result of the Police Scotland Gaelic language plan.
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Question reference: S5W-06991
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the expected costs that will be associated with the Police Scotland Gaelic language plan in each division in each of the next five years.
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Question reference: S5W-06993
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06443 by Michael Matheson on 3 Feburary 2017, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding whether it will publish the minutes of the meetings.
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Question reference: S5T-00410
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Highlands and Islands Enterprise board will retain its current “strategic, operational and budgetary” decision-making powers in accordance with the recent vote in the Parliament.
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Question reference: S5W-06881
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 21 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06442 by Michael Matheson on 3 February 2017, when it will publish its response to the consultation.
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Question reference: S5O-00681
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to piloting the devolved management of seabed assets to the island communities in Orkney and Shetland.
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