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: S4O-00982
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to strengthen the role of mediation in resolving family contact disputes.
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Question reference: S4O-00870
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider introducing the transcatheter aortic valve implantation heart valve procedure.
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Question reference: S4W-05637
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason operable pancreatic cancer cases might not result in an operation being carried out.
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Question reference: S4W-05636
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of operable pancreatic cancer cases result in an operation being carried out in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S4W-05635
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to assist in the early detection of pancreatic cancer.
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Question reference: S4W-05633
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what pancreatic cancer survival rates are in Scotland and what information it has on how this compares with the rest of the (a) UK and (b) world.
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Question reference: S4W-05634
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether survival rates for pancreatic cancer in Scotland have improved since 1992.
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Question reference: S4O-00749
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider establishing closer working relationships with the emerging democracies in Europe in order to share best practice.
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Question reference: S4O-00559
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in developing the cities strategy and what role towns and villages can play in this.
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Question reference: S4O-00333
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in improving the accountability of factors to the residents of housing estates in relation to landscape maintenance.
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