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-01629
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what actions are required to reduce health inequalities.
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Question reference: S4O-01566
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2012
To ask Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Enterprise report, Spends & Trends UKCS 2012-2016.
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Question reference: S4O-01542
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the curriculum for excellence will give young people the values, qualities and skills that they will need to be successful.
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Question reference: S4O-01478
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 14 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many AccuVein kits there are in hospitals in NHS Lothian.
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Question reference: S4T-00120
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are being made to introduce a high speed rail link between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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Question reference: S4O-01341
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes affected by external sewer flooding are listed on Scottish Water’s register of properties.
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Question reference: S4O-01331
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what assessments are undertaken prior to placing people being monitored under the multi-agency public protection arrangements in unsupervised bed and breakfast accommodation.
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Question reference: S4O-01235
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of pupils left education in 2012 with standard grades at level 7 only.
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Question reference: S4W-08790
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how much money received through (a) court and (b) fixed penalty fines it has remitted to the Treasury in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-08791
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 16 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the money received through (a) court and (b) fixed penalty fines it has (i) retained and (ii) had returned to it through the block grant in each year since 2007.