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-00834
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 29 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what impact EU funding has on Scottish public finances.
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Question reference: S5O-00748
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on protecting additional places for widening access and articulation schemes to ensure that targets set by the Commission on Widening Access are not missed.
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Question reference: S5W-07706
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2017
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Keith Brown on 6 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will respond to the Scottish Veterans Commissioner’s report, The Veterans Community - Employability, Skills and Learning, which was published on 3 November 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-06310
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of the impact of Brexit on Scotland’s economy, in light of the value of the pound falling to its lowest level in three months.
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Question reference: S5O-00578
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 19 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on RBS branch closures scheduled to take place by summer 2017 and the impact that these may have on vulnerable members of affected communities.
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Question reference: S5O-00360
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to tackle traffic congestion in the west of Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S5O-00307
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes have exchange-only lines and no access to superfast broadband.
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Question reference: S5O-00266
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the annual value is of EU research programmes undertaken at universities in the Edinburgh area.
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Question reference: S5O-00184
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to help and support students from Scotland who want to study elsewhere in the EU.
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Question reference: S5O-00125
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making toward compiling an open, transparent and comprehensive land register.