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-01279
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to implementing a European-style ticketing model for rail travel.
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Question reference: S5O-01225
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to companies selling products that improve energy efficiency and tackle climate change.
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Question reference: S5F-01492
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2017
To ask the First Minister what assurances the Scottish Government has received regarding the transfer of powers to Scotland following Brexit.
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Question reference: S5O-01218
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it gives to local festivals.
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Question reference: S5W-10039
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in dyslexia (a) awareness training, (b) training for student teachers and (c) education services in each of the last four years.
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Question reference: S5O-01139
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the health secretary has met the new chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and, if so, what was discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-09473
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce the location of the Scottish social security agency.
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Question reference: S5W-09474
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the economic impact has been of the coastal tourism sector in the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S5W-09475
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers to people in the Scottish diaspora who are keen to trace their family history.
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Question reference: S5W-09472
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether housing can be sold without the seller providing adequate completion certificates for any works that were carried out.
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