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: S4O-02622
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to provide permanent employment opportunities for people who will be on temporary contracts during the Christmas period.
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Question reference: S4W-18283
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 20 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government to how many sessions of speech therapy stroke patients are entitled in each NHS board area and for how long.
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Question reference: S4W-18282
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 20 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government for what conditions people are routinely offered speech therapy.
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Question reference: S4W-17984
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 19 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scotland-based health researchers or methodologists the Chief Scientist Office has funded under the same or a similar scheme to the funding of 18 research professorships by the National Institute for Health Research.
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Question reference: S4W-18083
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has commissioned on the cost effectiveness of the shingles vaccine, Zostavax.
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Question reference: S4F-01705
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2013
To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government will bring forward plans to extend legislation to make wilful neglect of patients a criminal offence.
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Question reference: S4O-02605
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to align education and skills provision in the Highlands and Islands with the needs of local employers.
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Question reference: S4W-17989
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 12 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements have been established at UK level for joint ministerial discussions on the Crown Estate since the publication of the Scottish Affairs Committee report, The Crown Estate in Scotland; whether any meetings have been held, and, if so, what was discussed and what the outcomes were.
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Question reference: S4O-02568
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Highland Council about the infrastructure and capital investment required to meet the needs of communities in the Highlands and Islands.
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