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: S5O-04077
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the UK Government proceeding to take the UK out of the EU on 31 January through the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill, despite the decision by the Scottish Parliament and the other devolved legislatures not to consent to the Bill.
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Question reference: S5W-27018
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 January 2020
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-04007
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider specific measures for parole in "no body" murder cases.
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Question reference: S5O-03966
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the timing of the block grant settlement.
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Question reference: S5O-03909
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Fairtrade road signs are deemed not appropriate because of their advertising nature when tourist information signs promoting private businesses are allowed.
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Question reference: S5O-03809
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Liam McArthur on 21 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body for what reason its guidance on Members' publications restricts their issue within three months of an election, when the standard period at the UK Parliament is six weeks.
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Question reference: S5W-26039
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the NHS National Services Scotland report on the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences: Review of Fire Systems, Electrical Systems and Medical Gas Installations.
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Question reference: S5W-25760
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the NHS National Services Scotland report on the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences: Review of Fire Systems, Electrical Systems and Medical Gas Installations.
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Question reference: S5W-25323
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many modern apprenticeship starts there have been (a) in each year since 2007 and (b) since April 2019, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5W-25543
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 September 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the £16 million referenced in the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport's ministerial statement on 11 September 2019 regarding the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.
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