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-04752
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of alcohol licence applications being lodged by online distributors that can distribute across the UK, what its position is on how locally-led licensing regimes can respond to online sales.
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Question reference: S5W-04785
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for (i) cyber-enabled crimes (fraud and theft) and (ii) cybercrimes there have been in each year since 2010-11.
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Question reference: S5W-04782
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02697 by Kevin Stewart on 21 September 2016, whether it will provide a breakdown of the amount provided each year expressed in real terms.
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Question reference: S5W-04784
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) cyber-enabled crimes (fraud and theft) and (b) cybercrimes have been reported in each year since 2010-11.
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Question reference: S5W-04598
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 29 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of its Public Wireless Programme investment by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5T-00217
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the Chinese company, SinoFortone, is willing to reopen investment discussions, what steps it will take to ensure that any investment is transparent.
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Question reference: S5W-03901
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provided to projects supporting women offenders in the community, other than community justice centres, in each year since 2011-12.
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Question reference: S5W-03902
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provided to women’s community justice centres in each year since 2011-12, broken down by centre.
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Question reference: S5W-04561
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 16 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to exempt rooftop solar cells and panels, particularly self-supply, from business rates.
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