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-11820
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 31 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a similar provision being available in the rest of the UK, what its position is on ensuring that no Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) charge is imposed when (a) pension funds holding Scottish property are transferred and (b) self-invested personal pension plan providers change.
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Question reference: S5W-11915
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on renegotiating the contract between NHS Tayside and Indigo Park Services UK Ltd for the administration of car parking facilities at Ninewells Hospital.
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Question reference: S5O-01374
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assurance it can provide to patients that NHS Tayside’s proposed suspension of elective surgery procedures over the Christmas period will not become an established feature.
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Question reference: S5W-11914
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to using land assets held by NHS Tayside to expand parking provision at Ninewells Hospital.
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Question reference: S5W-11821
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce seeding relief for the establishment of property authorised investment funds and co-ownership authorised contractual schemes to encourage commercial property investment, in light of reported concerns that, under the present system, real estate might be viewed unfavourably by major institutional investors when compared with the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-11684
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-01283 by Derek Mackay on 21 September 2017, what assurance it can provide to businesses in receipt of the business rate cap measures, which were outlined by the Cabinet Secretary in his statement on 12 September 2017, that they will not be financially disadvantaged by any future changes to those measures.
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Question reference: S5W-11279
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10583 by Derek Mackay on 16 August 2017, for how many engagements does it hold confirmed attendance details.
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Question reference: S5W-11277
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted regarding a timescale for reducing the Large Business Supplement during the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S5W-11276
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what modelling it has carried out in advance of the budget of the possible economic impact of increases to income tax.
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Question reference: S5O-01283
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assurance it can give businesses in the north east that they will not be financially disadvantaged by any change to the 12.5% business rate cap.