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: S5O-03414
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when beauticians, hairdressers and others who provide aesthetic procedures will be regulated in the same way as medically-qualified practitioners.
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Question reference: S5O-03377
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in implementing its 2018-19 legislative programme.
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Question reference: S5O-03228
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the food and drink sector and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S5O-03134
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Electoral Commission regarding planning in Scotland for possible European Parliament elections in May 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-22544
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its response to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) report on the inquiry into Tayside NHS Board Endowment Funds, which was published on 1 February 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-21979
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Clare Haughey on 8 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that those patients who require forensic mental health services receive the appropriate care and treatment to aid their rehabilitation.
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Question reference: S5O-02992
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that Brexit will have on third sector funding.
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Question reference: S5O-02937
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 28 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the impact that Brexit will have on Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-02901
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the importance of foodbanks in supporting people in receipt of universal credit.
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Question reference: S5O-02751
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how the roll-out of universal credit is impacting on local authority rent arrears.