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-04719
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 6 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it promotes the use of anonymous marking in universities and colleges as part of the equality agenda.
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Question reference: S5W-05008
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the Strategic Housing Investment Plans that were submitted to its More Homes Division.
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Question reference: S5W-05012
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the units that are proposed in the Strategic Housing Investment Plans that were submitted to its More Homes Division will require agreement and grant funding by the end of the financial year, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-05010
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many units were proposed in the Strategic Housing Investment Plans that were submitted to its More Homes Division (a) in total and (b) from each local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-05011
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many units were proposed in the Strategic Housing Investment Plans that were submitted to its More Homes Division for each of the next five years.
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Question reference: S5W-04931
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether electrical safety is taught in primary schools as part of the curriculum for excellence.
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Question reference: S5W-05007
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will allow Housing Infrastructure Fund loans to be used from 2017-18 to support the provision of community infrastructure, such as schools, that is required as a result of new housing development.
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Question reference: S5W-04997
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding devolving the power to re-classify cannabis.
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Question reference: S5W-04926
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any recent assessment being undertaken of the extent of the sale of counterfeit electrical goods in Scotland and the (a) cost to the Scottish economy of such sales, (b) amounts of such goods being imported and (c) the extent of the sale of such goods.
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Question reference: S5W-04928
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government on provisions in the UK Digital Economy Bill to protect consumers in Scotland from counterfeit electrical goods being sold online.
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