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-13123
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-11613 by Humza Yousaf on 16 October 2017, in light of it not being able to define timescales for any GRIP4 work, what assurances it can provide that the Levenmouth rail reinstatement is on course.
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Question reference: S5W-13133
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason a number of commuter parking spaces were removed from around Dunblane railway station as part of a recent Sustrans project, and whether it will provide support to have these reinstated.
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Question reference: S5W-13134
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position on whether the 40mph "buffer zone" on Doune Road in Dunblane should be reviewed, in light of its proximity to the Grant Drive/Wallace Road crossing, which is used by school children to cross.
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Question reference: S5W-12996
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding maintaining a national stroke registry, guideline and standard development and performance management and reporting, whether its stroke strategy is inclusive of all types of strokes and, in particular, (a) subarachnoid haemorrhages and (b) strokes in children, and how many occurrences of each of these there have been in the last year.
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Question reference: S5W-12997
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients (a) were thrombolysed and (b) could have been eligible for thrombolysis on presentation at hospital following a stroke in 2016, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5O-01553
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 7 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of glyphosate in farming.
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Question reference: S5O-01513
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the accessibility of childminders for all families.
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Question reference: S5W-12627
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what legislation there is regarding wearing bright or reflective clothing when walking or jogging on unlit rural roads and highways.
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Question reference: S5W-12723
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance there is on the use of physical intervention and restraint in schools.
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Question reference: S5W-12556
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2017
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what action it can take to ensure that any prepared food left over at the end of the day in the catering outlets is distributed to charitable causes.
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