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-18586
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) lowest and (b) highest rate is that GPs can offer for locum cover.
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Question reference: S5O-02382
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent Unison report, which states that owning a home has become "virtually impossible" for many public sector workers.
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Question reference: S5O-02325
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that it has an ethical international relations strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-17962
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 22 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has examined the consistency of methodology used by the First Tier Tribunal for Scotland to determine its rulings on rent increases.
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Question reference: S5W-17967
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of each of the First Tier Tribunal for Scotland’s rulings on rent increases, and what methodology was used to determine each ruling.
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Question reference: S5W-17966
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of any reviews that have been accepted of an initial ruling on rent increases by the First Tier Tribunal for Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-17965
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many appeals for a review of the initial ruling of the First Tier Tribunal for Scotland have been accepted.
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Question reference: S5W-17963
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 17 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many appeals against rent increases the First Tier Tribunal for Scotland has overseen, and how many of these resulted in the rent (a) not increasing, (b) increasing by the amount proposed by the landlord and (c) increasing by an amount greater than that proposed by the landlord.
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Question reference: S5W-17723
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what provision Social Security Scotland has made to retrain staff on the social security charter once it is agreed.
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Question reference: S5W-17720
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when the production of an interim social security charter was ruled out and for what reason.
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