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: S4O-04106
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the handover of the ScotRail franchise.
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Question reference: S4T-00959
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the research commissioned by the Welfare Reform Committee, which suggest that parents and disabled people are being hit hardest by the UK Government's welfare reforms.
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Question reference: S4W-24663
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Maureen Watt on 26 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to examine the delivery of maternity and neonatal services.
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Question reference: S4W-24542
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 February 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Marco Biagi on 20 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on establishing the independent commission to consider fairer systems of local taxation.
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Question reference: S4O-04010
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress since the most recent meeting of the opencast mining taskforce.
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Question reference: S4W-24259
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Alex Neil on 2 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase support for community-led regeneration.
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Question reference: S4W-24231
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 January 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shona Robison on 30 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to enhance the provision of unscheduled care.
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Question reference: S4O-03988
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote the IT industry as a career choice.
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Question reference: S4W-23525
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 31 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the potential impact on employment, what estimate it has made of how much statutory maternity pay would be in 2015-16 if it had been uprated by Consumer Price Index inflation since 2011-12 and how this compares with the actual amount.
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Question reference: S4W-23526
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 31 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the potential impact on the health of pregnant women, what estimate it has made of the financial impact of the discontinuation of the Health in Pregnancy Grant in 2011.