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-00486
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 15 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding proposals to pay for access to the single market.
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Question reference: S5W-05064
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what provisions are in place to ensure that health information is provided in accessible formats, and what information it has regarding how many different formats have been offered by each NHS board.
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Question reference: S5O-00451
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the NHS has sufficient stocks of blood for the winter period.
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Question reference: S5W-04747
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2016
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Alasdair Allan on 17 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it can provide regarding the Minister for International Development and Europe’s visit to Malawi in October 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-04585
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the ending of the Erasmus exchange programme would have in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-00301
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what it does with unsold food from eating facilities in the building.
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Question reference: S5W-03497
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reducing the maximum stake per spin of fixed-odds betting terminals from £100 to (a) £50, (b) £10 and (c) £2.
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Question reference: S5W-03911
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many players of non-EU origin in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) in each last five years used EU citizenship for ease of access to sign for teams.
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Question reference: S5W-03909
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had had with the Scottish (a) footballing authorities, (b) Rugby Union and (c) Sports Association regarding the implications of the UK exiting the EU.
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Question reference: S5W-03912
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many players in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) in each last five years were nationals of other EU member states.
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