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-11273
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of trains arrived on time in the second quarter of 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-11274
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff are employed by Transport Scotland, and what their total annual salary is.
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Question reference: S5W-11139
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it will offer diesel car drivers, in light of reports that up to three quarters of them could be prevented from entering city centres once the proposed low emission zones come into effect.
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Question reference: S5W-11137
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it expects the revenue from fines issued through the proposed low emission zones to be, and whether it expects this revenue to be invested back into transport projects.
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Question reference: S5W-11192
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve connectivity between Inverness Airport and the central belt.
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Question reference: S5W-11193
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the reported congestion on the Queensferry Crossing to ease.
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Question reference: S5W-11099
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to mitigate job losses in the oil industry following reports that 60,000 were lost in 2016.
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Question reference: S5O-01293
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that young people from Scotland are not limited in their ability to go to university.
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Question reference: S5W-11188
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding the construction of an Aberdeen Airport rail link.
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Question reference: S5W-11191
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of each of the proposed options to establish a rail link with Glasgow Airport as part of the Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal, including what the economic impact would be (a) locally and (b) nationally.