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: S5W-21983
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to work with the marine tourism sector to deliver a cleaner, greener marine environment.
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Question reference: S5W-21881
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many childcare providers in receipt of college bursaries (a) meet the Care Inspectorate’s standards and (b) pay staff at least the Living Wage.
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Question reference: S5W-21882
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports students with childcare costs when some, but not all, of their children qualify for funded hours.
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Question reference: S5W-21982
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to deliver the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
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Question reference: S5O-03005
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to promote the use of wearable technology in care home and sheltered living settings to help prevent accidents.
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Question reference: S5O-03021
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of 2019 being the bi-centenary of the death of James Watt, what it is doing to promote STEM subjects to pupils.
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Question reference: S5O-02947
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to introduce a charge on disposable drinks cups.
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Question reference: S5W-21455
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether Transport Scotland benchmarks its performance against that of local authority roads departments and, if not, for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-21454
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much it costs local authorities on average per kilometre to maintain the road surfaces for which they are responsible, and what the equivalent figure is for Transport Scotland to maintain the roads for which it is responsible.
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Question reference: S5W-21453
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether Transport Scotland uses wet salt to grit roads instead of dry salt and, if so, for what reason.
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