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-19926
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what progress the Scottish Medicines Consortium is making on establishing a value-based assessment of medicines for the treatment of long-term conditions, and whether it plans to develop this approach further.
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Question reference: S4O-02924
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how it would reform welfare in an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4O-02602
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much it spent in 2012-13 on costs associated with PPP/PFI contracts for schools.
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Question reference: S4O-02535
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what opportunities there are for people with mobility issues to participate in viewing events during the Commonwealth Games at Hampden.
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Question reference: S4O-02522
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with management at the BASF manufacturing plant in Paisley.
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Question reference: S4O-02396
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle bowel cancer.
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Question reference: S4O-02344
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what statutory duties local education authorities must consider when reorganising school estates.
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Question reference: S4O-02200
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for people with autism when engaging with the legal system.
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Question reference: S4O-02158
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what help is available to local authorities and social housing agencies to build new homes.
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Question reference: S4W-14427
- Asked by: George Adam, MSP for Paisley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 7 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time students from the country's most deprived areas, and who started their course over the last three years, would have been eligible to pay the graduate endowment fee.
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