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-09508
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many nationals of other EU states (a) started and (b) left employment in the NHS in the latest year for which figures are available.
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Question reference: S5W-09501
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when its review of the money advice sector will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-09514
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration was given to the views expressed by Sustrans Scotland on the stage 2 options for the improvements to the Sheriffhall roundabout.
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Question reference: S5W-09510
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how its preferred option at stage 2 of the assessment for improvements to the Sheriffhall roundabout aligns with the “Hierarchy of Measures” set out by Transport Scotland in the report, Cycling by Design.
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Question reference: S5W-09513
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to the recommendation by South East of Scotland Transport Partnership for a walking and cycling bridge to be included in the stage 2 options for improvements to the Sheriffhall roundabout.
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Question reference: S5W-09512
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it made of the cost of each of the stage 2 options considered in the assessment for improvements to the Sheriffhall roundabout, and how these were calculated.
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Question reference: S5W-09502
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent pilot schemes in Lothian and Dundee, what plans it has to co-locate money advice workers in GP surgeries, and how many advisers will be placed.
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Question reference: S5W-09500
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce a nationally-recognised training route for money advice workers.
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Question reference: S5W-09504
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent study by Queen's University Belfast, which suggested that almost half of baby rice food products contain illegal levels of inorganic arsenic, what action it can take to ensure that food products for infants and younger children are safe.
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Question reference: S5O-01123
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to introducing legislation on the installation of CCTV in abattoirs.
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