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-02921
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to develop a system of collecting disaggregated data on the use of restraint and other restrictive interventions on children, in light of the recent report, UK Concluding Observations, by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Question reference: S5W-02923
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on cases where restraint and other restrictive interventions on children at school have been used in each year since 2010.
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Question reference: S5W-02919
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on consulting on its proposed family justice modernisation strategy, and when it will publish the strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-02297
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of comments made in The Press and Journal on 2 September 2016 by David Hamilton that “if we [police officers] had something (a taser) that did not look like a gun, it might be more acceptable", what plans are there to introduce tasers that do not resemble a firearm.
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Question reference: S5W-02950
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will establish a Scottish consumer taskforce, as set out in the Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S5W-02949
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will set out the consumer and competition principles, as set out in the Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S5W-02918
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 26 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the report Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, and what plans it has to implement its recommendations.
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Question reference: S5W-02281
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the review of the role of the Scottish Funding Council.
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Question reference: S5W-02634
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings of the report, Creativity and Effectiveness in the use of electronic monitoring: a case study of five jurisdictions, what its position is on integrating electronic tagging with rehabilitative support.
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Question reference: S5W-02633
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will implement the recommendation of the Post-corroboration Safeguards Review to undertake research into jury reasoning and decision-making.
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