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-03904
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of COSLA and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S4O-03863
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the introduction of charges for single use carrier bags has had on the number of bags becoming litter or landfill waste.
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Question reference: S4O-03770
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with the Getting It Right for Every Child strategy.
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Question reference: S4O-03756
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its legacy plans from the Commonwealth Games.
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Question reference: S4O-03610
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its equalities campaign, One Scotland.
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Question reference: S4O-03518
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to improve support for unpaid carers.
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Question reference: S4O-03449
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 July 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in relation to the situation in Gaza.
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Question reference: S4O-03467
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 August 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the comments by the former RBS chief executive and chairman, Sir George Mathewson, that the Better Together campaign's claims on banking and currency in an independent Scotland are "nonsense".
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Question reference: S4O-03374
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the report, Below the Breadline, published by Oxfam, Church Action on Poverty and the Trussell Trust.
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Question reference: S4O-03338
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how unpaid carers could be supported by the findings of the Expert Working Group on Welfare.