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-03940
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether its £2 million Community Choices Fund will be an annual fund.
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Question reference: S5W-03938
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether its £2 million Community Choices Fund is equal to 1% of local council budgets.
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Question reference: S5W-03941
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that properties used exclusively for short-term letting via platforms, such as AirBnB, should be treated as residential properties or as businesses.
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Question reference: S5W-03942
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the use of (a) planning policy, (b) housing legislation or (c) other measures to regulate short-term letting, such as (i) so-called party flats and (ii) via platforms such as AirBnB.
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Question reference: S5W-03666
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the legal process does not discourage rape victims from reporting the crime.
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Question reference: S5W-03010
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 31 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-00068 by Angela Constance on 29 June 2016 (Official Report, c. 10) and in light of its commitment to provide 30,000 modern apprenticeship places by 2020, whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to address occupational segregation.
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Question reference: S5W-03379
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 28 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many companies have signed up to the Scottish Business Pledge.
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Question reference: S5W-03905
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a national integrated ticketing/smart card system to allow ease of access between transport systems and, if so, what the timescale will be for its introduction.
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Question reference: S5W-03374
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the number of funded university places.
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Question reference: S5W-03330
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve the capacity of the NHS to deal with the psychological aspects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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