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-29755
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 23 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to spraying (a) coal and (b) other vessels arriving from areas affected by the Zika virus.
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Question reference: S4W-29759
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-04339 by Alex Neil on 20 May 2015 (Official Report, c. 6), what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the Human Rights Act 1998.
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Question reference: S4O-05482
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 January 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Falkirk Council to discuss education matters.
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Question reference: S4O-05264
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how the refreshed infrastructure investment plan will help to tackle climate change.
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Question reference: S4W-29114
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 8 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to renew the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme.
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Question reference: S4W-28932
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the European Commission regarding legislating to limit industrial trans fats in food.
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Question reference: S4W-28848
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle Islamophobia in schools.
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Question reference: S4W-28849
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to ensuring that local authorities provide mental health support to pupils experiencing (a) stress and (b) depression during and in advance of exam periods.
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Question reference: S4W-28847
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 21 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28645 by Maureen Watt on 2 December 2015, whether it plans to increase the rate payable to opticians for carrying out sight tests.
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Question reference: S4W-28999
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what information it can provide regarding the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment’s recent visit to the United States and Canada.