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: S4W-19087
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discounted rates are available for commercial traffic using CalMac Ferries; on which routes these discounts apply; what the eligibility criteria are; what companies are eligible and how much they can save; what companies have applied for discounts, and whether details of these discounts are publicly available.
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Question reference: S4W-18946
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can call in for ministerial comment or veto any plan from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service regarding the siting of control rooms.
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Question reference: S4W-18945
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service regarding the proposed reduction in the number of control rooms and the siting of the remaining rooms.
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Question reference: S4W-18948
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government on what basis it would refer part or all of the report, Property Estate - Strategic Intent, back to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
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Question reference: S4W-18947
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to ensure that, through its structures and practices, it engages fully with communities across the Highlands and Islands.
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Question reference: S4W-18978
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 10 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on developing a rural recruitment strategy for the NHS, as referred to by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing in paragraph 4 of his letter of 10 September 2013 to the chair of NHS Highland.
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Question reference: S4W-18668
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what professional advisory structures it employs in relation to (a) speech and language therapy and (b) allied health professions in adult health and social care policy and legislation.
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Question reference: S4W-18666
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-18283 by Alex Neil on 20 November 2013, whether it can confirm that an individual identified as having a speech or language therapy need should be provided with services appropriate to that need.
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Question reference: S4W-18667
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its expectations are of the demand for speech and language therapy provision over the next five years.
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Question reference: S4W-18649
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde becoming "paper-light" over the next 12 months in light of the IT failure of 1 October 2013 and what guidance the Scottish Government will give to clinicians on treating patients when no patient information is available.
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