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-27741
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 27 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether the independent panel looking at planning reform has been asked to consider whether the current system is fully compliant with the Aarhus Convention.
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Question reference: S4W-27740
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 27 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how the planning system and the land use strategy will be coordinated to take account of each other.
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Question reference: S4W-27993
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support the replacement of inadequate facilities at Elgin High School.
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Question reference: S4W-27468
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether the UK Government advised the (a) First Minister and (b) Lord Advocate about the death of Ruhul Amin from Aberdeen and, if so, (i) who provided the advice, (ii) when and (iii) under what circumstances.
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Question reference: S4W-27614
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Pentland on 30 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what assessment it has made of ethical investment funds with respect to the investment decisions of the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme.
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Question reference: S4W-27473
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances it would consider holding an inquiry into the extra-judicial killing of a person from Scotland overseas.
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Question reference: S4W-27474
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its stated position is on extra-judicial killings.
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Question reference: S4O-04628
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Home Office regarding proposals in the forthcoming Immigration Bill for landlords to carry out checks of tenants’ immigration status and evict undocumented migrants.
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Question reference: S4W-26934
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 July 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 August 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to increase grid capacity to assist renewable energy producers in the Highlands and Islands.
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Question reference: S4O-04542
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure availability of GPs in remote and rural areas.
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