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: S4W-16705
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 10 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints have been received by each local authority regarding nuisance gulls in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S4W-16704
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many breeding pairs of gull there have been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by species.
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Question reference: S4W-16539
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 26 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of increases to VAT and national insurance since 2010 on families from low income households.
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Question reference: S4W-16478
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent contact it has had with GPs and their representative bodies regarding any increase in the number of patients seeking letters and other information in support of benefit applications and appeals.
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Question reference: S4W-16479
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15020 by Alex Neil on 30 May 2013, whether it has had discussions with the UK Government regarding increased funding in relation to any increase in the number of requests to GPs for letters and other information in support of benefit applications and appeals.
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Question reference: S4W-16480
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether an analysis has been undertaken of whether there has been any additional workload for GPs arising from the implementation of welfare reform policies.
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Question reference: S4W-16477
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what impact its decision to protect funding for the council tax benefit successor scheme for 2013-14 will have on the incomes of households containing an adult receiving a disability-related benefit.
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Question reference: S4W-16481
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 26 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will consider looking at establishing a parliamentary internship scheme to commemorate the life and work of Brian Adam.
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Question reference: S4W-16018
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 25 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it plans to take to protect Scotland's agricultural produce if restrictions are eased on the cultivation of genetically modified crops.
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Question reference: S4W-16016
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding its proposal to ask the European Commission to ease restrictions on the cultivation of genetically modified crops.
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