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
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Question reference: S5W-00711
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00175 by Roseanna Cunningham on 31 May 2016, whether it remains committed to its plan set out in Aileen McLeod's letter to the convener of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee on 26 November 2015 "to lay a draft setting out [RPP3] proposals and policies for meeting targets to 2032 in the Parliament towards the end of 2016".
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Question reference: S5W-00320
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00087 by Aileen Campbell on 25 May 2016, how many applications to tackle diabetes have been made to the research initiative.
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Question reference: S5W-00416
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to reform the law with regard to defamation.
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Question reference: S5W-00394
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the reported comment by the Deputy Chief Constable Designate, Neil Richardson, in The Herald on 1 June 2016 that "the SPA would be developing the next corporate strategy, a development which has not been communicated to, nor agreed by Police Scotland", what impact the Scottish Police Authority's development of the next corporate strategy will have on financial resources in the current financial year.
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Question reference: S5W-00395
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the reported comment by the Deputy Chief Constable Designate, Neil Richardson, in The Herald on 1 June 2016 that "we have submitted papers setting out our thinking about strategy and development to the last two Private Meetings' Meetings, however, both of these have been removed from the agenda," (a) for what reasons items were removed from the agenda, (b) whether the papers were ever discussed and (c) what further opportunities there will be to discuss strategy development.
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Question reference: S5W-00392
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the reported comment by the Deputy Chief Constable Designate, Neil Richardson, in The Herald on 1 June 2016 that the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland "will not bring forward any new strategies before the election in May 2016", what discussion it has had with (a) the Scottish Police Authority, (b) Police Scotland and (c) other stakeholders about postponing new strategies beyond May 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-00391
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the reported comment by the Deputy Chief Constable Designate, Neil Richardson, in The Herald on 1 June 2016 that the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland "will not bring forward any new strategies before the election in May 2016", for what reason new strategies were not proposed in March 2016 despite the former three year plan coming to an end.
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Question reference: S5W-00393
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the reported comment by the Deputy Chief Constable Designate, Neil Richardson, in The Herald on 1 June 2016 that "the SPA would be developing the next corporate strategy, a development which has not been communicated to, nor agreed by Police Scotland", for what reason Police Scotland was not consulted about the next corporate strategy and what role it will have in developing that strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-00501
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00142 by John Swinney on 2 June 2016, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding (a) the reason for the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy being published more than one month later than in previous years and (b) what stakeholders were consulted.
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Question reference: S5W-00503
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00142 by John Swinney on 2 June 2016, which (a) ministers, (b) officials and (c) stakeholders had pre-release access to the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy, and on what date this access was provided.