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-28576
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what recent communication it has had with NHS Forth Valley regarding GP shortages at Kersiebank Medical Practice in Grangemouth.
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Question reference: S4W-28577
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a Community Heartbeat Trust report suggesting that public access defibrillation is around 10 times more effective than cardiopulmonary resuscitation alone, whether it will (a) take action to increase the number of portable defibrillators in communities and (b) introduce training in schools on using (i) defibrillators and (ii) other cardiac-related lifesaving techniques.
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Question reference: S4O-04926
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the road haulage industry regarding reported driver shortages.
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Question reference: S4W-28645
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 2 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to raise sight test fees.
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Question reference: S4W-28402
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported shortage of HGV/LGV drivers in the (a) general haulage and (b) livestock haulage sector.
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Question reference: S4W-28232
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with upstream oil and gas producers regarding minimising methane emissions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector by 2020, as recommended by the International Energy Agency.
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Question reference: S4W-28229
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many carbon storage permits it has issued for the North Sea region.
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Question reference: S4W-28191
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 12 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding An Comunn Gàidhealach has received from (a) the Scottish Government and (b) Creative Scotland and its predecessor in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-26767
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing includes test drilling for shale gas in central Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-27579
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 1 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-21092 by Keith Brown on 27 May 2014, which (a) ports and (b) vessels in the CalMac fleet now have a wi-fi connection available to passengers.
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