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-14913
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 12 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-01460 by Angela Constance on 2 August 2016, whether it will provide an update on its position on misogynistic hate crime, including whether it considers it should be made a specific offence.
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Question reference: S5W-14915
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to research from the Equality and Human Rights Commission that was published on 19 February 2018, which suggests that some employers hold discriminatory attitudes toward working mothers and maternity rights.
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Question reference: S5O-01875
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it plans to make sanitary products freely available in the Parliament for staff and visitors.
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Question reference: S5O-01864
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how schools support children and young people who are affected by alcohol harm.
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Question reference: S5F-02049
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2018
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is aware of multiple allegations of abusive behaviour and misconduct in the third sector.
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Question reference: S5W-13494
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09274 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 June 2017, how much it has spent on the services of John Sturrock, and whether he is still engaged in providing advice or services.
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Question reference: S5F-01925
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2018
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland's campaign, Get it Minuted.
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Question reference: S5W-13493
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the key findings of the Citizens Advice Scotland annual report on burial and cremation charges, and what discussions it is having with COSLA and local authorities regarding the widening costs.
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Question reference: S5W-13495
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10912 by Mark McDonald on 22 September 2017 and, in light of reported increased awareness of period poverty, whether it will include sanitary products in the baby box.
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Question reference: S5W-13496
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to each of the 12 recommendations set out in the Mental Health Foundation and Age Scotland policy briefing, Loneliness - the public health challenge of our time.
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