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-27621
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kate Forbes on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has reached agreement with a political party to the support the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill.
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Question reference: S5W-27330
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2020
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 7 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken following suspected cases of the listed disease, Bonamia ostreae, in native oysters at new locations in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-04108
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the UK Government’s proposed immigration controls could have on Scotland’s food and drink sector.
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Question reference: S5W-26942
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scotland-domiciled students have taken part in the Erasmus+ programme in the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-26946
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding Scottish universities have received through the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme in the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-26944
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many EU students have come to study in Scotland as part of the Erasmus+ programme since its inception.
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Question reference: S5W-26945
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scotland-domiciled students are studying abroad through the Erasmus+ programme, broken down by institution.
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Question reference: S5W-26943
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many EU students are studying in Scottish universities through the Erasmus+ programme.
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Question reference: S5O-04051
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 23 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making to ensure that people with advanced dementia receive the health and nursing care that they require, as set out in the Alzheimer Scotland report, Delivering Fair Dementia Care for People with Advanced Dementia.
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Question reference: S5O-04077
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the UK Government proceeding to take the UK out of the EU on 31 January through the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill, despite the decision by the Scottish Parliament and the other devolved legislatures not to consent to the Bill.
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