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: S6O-01856
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to further encourage articulation from college-based Higher National qualifications to university-based degree programmes.
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Question reference: S6O-01820
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with local government about any impact the prevailing economic conditions are having on the delivery of local services.
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Question reference: S6O-01784
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it takes the complexity of human behaviour into account during financial policy decision making.
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Question reference: S6O-01767
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to reduce bladder cancer deaths.
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Question reference: S6O-01733
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to supporting the gaming industry in Scotland during the cost of living crisis.
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Question reference: S6W-12412
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 18 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the First Minister's statement to the Parliament in June 2022 that changes would be made to the procedure for handling complaints by civil servants about current or former ministers and to the Ministerial Code in order to improve the transparency and reporting of the outcome of complaints, whether it will provide an update on the progress of these changes.
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Question reference: S6O-01568
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported proposals from the Carnegie Trust to strengthen the National Performance Framework and make it Scotland's Wellbeing Framework.
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Question reference: S6O-01460
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which elements of the Cumberford-Little report it sees as relevant for its forthcoming review of the skills landscape, and particularly in relation to the stated purpose of "optimising the system for upskilling and reskilling."
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Question reference: S6W-11001
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Angus Robertson on 23 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm the costs associated with the production and publication of the paper, Independence in the modern world. Wealthier, Happier, Fairer: Why Not Scotland.
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