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: S5O-01127
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what improvements have been made to the rail infrastructure in, and rail services to, North Ayrshire since 2007.
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Question reference: S5O-01061
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how the coalitions that have been recently formed across local authorities will impact on the provision of local services.
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Question reference: S5O-00986
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the impact of its welfare reforms on communities in North Ayrshire.
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Question reference: S5F-01244
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2017
To ask the First Minister, in light of the local government elections, whether the Scottish Government will act to randomise the ordering of candidates by surname on ballot papers at future elections.
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Question reference: S5W-08865
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-00864 by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 April 2017, how many jobs are expected to be lost in Scotland’s renewables industry as a result of the reductions to UK-wide feed-in tariffs.
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Question reference: S5W-08864
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the percentage change has been in the level of railway (a) services and (b) rolling stock in each year since 2007; what the per capita investment was in the last year for which figures are available, and what information it has regarding how this compares with England.
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Question reference: S5F-01229
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 April 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 May 2017
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to Scotland's population rising to an all-time high of 5.4 million.
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Question reference: S5W-08828
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason only six Scottish hospitals offer endometriosis patients the opportunity to undergo a procedure known as laparoscopic helium ablation, and what plans it has to extend this treatment to all NHS board areas.
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Question reference: S5O-00864
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the environmental impact will be in Scotland of reductions to UK-wide feed-in tariffs.
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Question reference: S5W-08335
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many council houses have been built in each year since 1997.