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-26120
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reduce the number of class 158 trains on Inverness services.
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Question reference: S4W-26122
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to update the rolling stock serving the (a) Far North Line and (b) Highland Mainline.
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Question reference: S4O-04495
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that secondary school pupils in the Highlands and Islands can study the subjects that they need to meet their career ambitions.
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Question reference: S4W-26023
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale is for the independent academic research that it has commissioned on the impact of the criminalisation of the purchase of sex; how the research will be conducted, and whether it will be carried out (a) in conjunction with a consultation and (b) from a gender analysis perspective.
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Question reference: S4W-25964
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it will provide to Highland Council to help meet the costs of building a safer route to replace the Stromeferry bypass.
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Question reference: S4O-04460
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote and support Gaelic culture.
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Question reference: S4W-25350
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 April 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 7 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing or plans to do to ensure that people with hearing loss have access to lipreading classes or tutors, particularly in the Highlands and Islands.
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Question reference: S4W-25298
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 April 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4F-02714 by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 April 2015 (Official Report, c.17), how much of the money will be allocated to (a) judicial, (b) frontline and (c) other services.
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Question reference: S4O-04286
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 April 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to the film and arts sectors in Shetland.
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Question reference: S4W-25299
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 April 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reintroducing ringfencing for coordinator posts funded by the Violence Against Women Fund.
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