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-02924
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be on older people in Scotland of the UK Government's use of universal credit to limit entitlement to pension credit.
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Question reference: S5O-02889
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the upgrade of sports pitches in Anniesland to 3G multi-use game areas.
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Question reference: S5W-21250
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide information of the review of Queen Elizabeth University Hospital that it has commissioned and assurances that the review will be robust, independent and transparent.
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Question reference: S5O-02814
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the announcement by the DWP that the two-child limit on universal credit payments will be partially rolled back.
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Question reference: S5W-20634
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect the Scottish wildcat population that is living in the wild.
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Question reference: S5W-20762
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 21 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in reducing youth unemployment through the Developing the Young Workforce Programme.
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Question reference: S5O-02650
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the rebuilding of the Clyde and Broomhill primary schools, what progress has been made with the rebuilding of Blairdardie Primary School.
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Question reference: S5O-02617
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 28 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether aid from its Humanitarian Emergency Fund provided to people living in Hudaydah, Yemen, has been able to reach civilians caught within zones of fighting.
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Question reference: S5F-02805
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2018
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that there have been more than 500 nuclear safety events at Faslane since 2006.
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Question reference: S5O-02592
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, following his two-week inquiry into rising levels of poverty and the consequences of austerity measures.
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