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-18524
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will assess NHS board complaint procedures regarding the performance and attitudes of staff towards patients, to protect the physical and mental wellbeing of patients.
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Question reference: S5W-18367
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Scotland’s poor real wage growth as reported by the Scottish Fiscal Commission, what consideration it has given to the impact of its proposal to allow councils to increase business rates for online retailers on staff who receive bonuses based on profit and loss.
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Question reference: S5W-18364
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Retail Consortium view that the proposed plans to allow councils to increase business rates for online businesses would make it "more expensive for retailers to operate in Scotland" than in the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-18370
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Retail Consortium’s remarks that the "overall rates burden remains onerous" and that the current system hinders "retailers’ confidence about investing" and whether it considers that this is at odds with its claim that Scotland has the "most attractive business rates package in the UK".
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Question reference: S5W-18368
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether its position on rates relief for independent schools with charitable status is to recommend that local authorities instead of it should be responsible for implementing and funding the relief.
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Question reference: S5W-18363
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the suggestion that its proposed plans to allow councils to increase business rates for online retailers would create an incentive for online retailers to move either between local authorities or relocate to the rest of the UK and continue their business in Scotland regardless, and what implications it believes that this would have on Scotland’s GDP growth.
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Question reference: S5W-18369
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Retail Consortium’s view that a "speedier timetable" is needed to reduce the Large Business Supplement in order to create a "level playing field".
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Question reference: S5W-18366
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Retail Consortium’s classification of the Scottish Government’s projection of having a "competitive rates regime" as a "stated ambition" rather than a factual reality, as indicated in various Scottish Government publications.
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Question reference: S5W-18365
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the impact of its proposed plans to allow councils to increase business rates for online retailers on the potential for increased delivery charges and waiting times in cases where businesses relocate to other parts of the UK in response to the policy.
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Question reference: S5W-18362
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish consultation responses to its suggestion to allow councils to increase business rates for online retailers.
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