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: S5F-02662
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 October 2018
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that all historic complaints of harassment within its workplace are properly investigated and dealt with.
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Question reference: S5W-18810
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 28 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has applied to the EU for a derogation from state aid rules regarding support for the Skye and Lochalsh Micro Abattoir Project and, if so, what the outcome was.
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Question reference: S5O-02404
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support tourism on Skye.
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Question reference: S5W-17758
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to roll-out the Scottish Scenic Routes initiative to other areas of the Highlands and Islands following previous pilot schemes, and for each of the pilot areas, what (a) route they covered, (b) their budget was and (c) the outcome of the pilot was.
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Question reference: S5O-02324
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to investigate the financing of the Calmac vessel, MV Loch Seaforth, which is now owned by Lloyds Banking Group after a lease deal was agreed at a reported cost to the public purse of £53 million.
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Question reference: S5W-17358
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 16 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what regulatory measures are in place to avoid potential conflicts of interest between advisory groups appointed by Audit Scotland and the sectors being audited.
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Question reference: S5O-02234
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that some of its and its agencies' staff have clauses in their contracts that prohibit them from speaking out or whistleblowing.
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Question reference: S5O-02199
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to reduce waiting times for children’s health services in the Highlands.
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Question reference: S5W-16246
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how the survival rate of people in Scotland with haemophilia compares with the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-16248
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that the people who were infected by contaminated blood are in receipt of the correct level of benefit and that no person who is entitled to these is left without regular payments, and how it monitors the effectiveness of this.
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