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-15915
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has commissioned to determine the level of susceptibility of the deer population to the prion condition, chronic wasting disease.
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Question reference: S5O-02007
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding EventScotland will receive in the current financial year.
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Question reference: S5O-01959
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect the rights of council tenants who are in a minority position regarding essential communal repairs.
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Question reference: S5W-15360
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2018
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to help strengthen community groups in the Carron Valley.
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Question reference: S5O-01833
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support and encouragement it gives to the independent filmmaking sector.
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Question reference: S5W-14460
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much compensation ScotRail has paid to passengers in each year since April 2015 because of service disruption.
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Question reference: S5W-13515
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 11 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many Changing Places toilets there are in each local authority area.
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Question reference: S5W-13517
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 10 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it gives to the Changing Places consortium.
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Question reference: S5W-13516
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 10 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on updating it strategy, Keys to Life, to include a new target for Changing Places toilets.
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