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-18920
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), (b) Transport Scotland and (c) other agencies regarding the (i) roll-out and (ii) further usage of the SPT smartcard.
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Question reference: S4O-02754
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with independent theological colleges regarding tuition fees for students from Scotland.
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Question reference: S4F-01767
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2013
To ask the First Minister what the implications are of the Autumn Statement for Scotland's budget.
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Question reference: S4O-02565
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many passengers there have been on the Glasgow to Edinburgh line via Airdrie since it reopened.
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Question reference: S4W-17607
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it responds to the finding in the Scottish Health Survey that Scotland has more than 30,000 problem gamblers.
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Question reference: S4W-17641
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on fuel poverty in the Glasgow (a) parliamentary region and (b) Shettleston constituency.
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Question reference: S4W-16535
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the role that junior football clubs have in communities, what recent contact it has had with the Scottish Junior Football Association regarding the future of such clubs and (a) protecting and (b) developing junior football.
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Question reference: S4W-16537
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 21 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will block internet access to payday loan companies on its IT network.
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Question reference: S4W-16482
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 15 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason students from England studying at the Scottish Baptist College and the International Christian College in Glasgow are eligible for loans from the Student Loans Company to pay their fees and students from Scotland are not.
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Question reference: S4W-16483
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 15 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the 17 independent colleges in Scotland referred to in letter 2013/0016689, dated 8 July 2013, to John Mason from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning.