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-02192
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when the refreshed National Standards of Community Engagement will be published; which body will be responsible for monitoring compliance with them, and what information it has regarding (a) whether adherence to these will be made a condition of funding for large projects and (b) what sanctions could be imposed on public bodies that fail to follow these, including (i) whether this could include the withholding of national funding and (ii) what course of action will be open to communities affected by any such failure.
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Question reference: S5W-02198
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has asked the COSLA distribution group for flood prevention to ensure that applicants comply with National Standards of Community Engagement.
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Question reference: S5W-02199
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has met Dumfries and Galloway Council regarding the local authority’s reported failure to comply with National Standards of Community Engagement regarding the proposals for the Whitesands’ flood prevention scheme.
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Question reference: S5O-00162
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it is having with the cultural sector regarding the impact of Brexit on the arts.
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Question reference: S5O-00099
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact would be on Scottish tax revenues of leaving the EU.
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Question reference: S5W-01650
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 18 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the UK Government's decision to suspend payments from the £3 billion European Regional Development Fund will have on Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-00593
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff NHS Borders employs, and how this compares with September 2006.
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Question reference: S5O-00042
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet the management of Scotland's Rural College.
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Question reference: S4O-05655
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 10 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many young people in Dumfries and Galloway will be eligible to claim educational maintenance allowance following the extension of the programme.
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Question reference: S4W-29944
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 7 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether the independent review of the impacts of underground coal gasification will include (a) consultation on and (b) an assessment of the impact of unconventional gas developments on (i) wildlife and habitats and (ii) areas protected for wildlife.
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