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-29522
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to promote and encourage fair trade both internationally and in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-29472
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28832 by Angela Constance on 17 December 2015, what resource accounting and budgeting charge is expected to apply in 2016-17.
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Question reference: S4W-29470
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28833 by Angela Constance on 17 December 2015, what different student loan repayment thresholds have been modelled and what was the resulting resource accounting and budgeting charge.
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Question reference: S4W-29500
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the British Infrastructure Group report, Broadbad, which calls for BT's Openreach service to be sold off.
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Question reference: S4W-29501
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how the Competition and Markets Authority’s approval of the merger of BT and EE will impact on the mobile telecoms market in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-29441
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 4 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on introducing a minimum level of allowances to cover the cost of fostering a child, in line with allowances for kinship carers.
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Question reference: S4W-29440
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 4 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to introduce a minimum level of allowances to cover the cost of fostering a child.
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Question reference: S4W-29497
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 4 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when the next Scottish House Condition Survey will publish the percentage of fuel poor households broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S4W-29452
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the (a) Welsh Government and (b) Northern Ireland Executive about implementing a deposit return system for beverage containers across the UK.
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Question reference: S4W-29437
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to encourage the reuse of beverage containers by means of a deposit return system.