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-03011
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what support it can give toward the annual running costs of the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S5W-21656
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to including provisions in the Planning (Scotland) Bill to ensure that new (a) housing developments are built with future-proofed broadband connections, and (b) home buyers have a choice in broadband networks when moving into a new housing development.
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Question reference: S5W-21657
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that developers prioritise full fibre broadband rollout and promote consumer choice by consulting more than one broadband provider, and whether such changes could be built into the Planning (Scotland) Bill by way of secondary legislation or guidance for local authorities.
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Question reference: S5W-21534
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in each local authority area will be exempt from business rates in 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-21537
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses it expects will benefit from its extension of transitional relief for offices in Aberdeen city and Aberdeenshire until the next revaluation.
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Question reference: S5W-21535
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of how much the cap on the increase in the rates poundage in Scotland will save businesses, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-21536
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses it expects will benefit from the extension of transitional relief for the hospitality sector, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-21533
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much business rates relief has cumulatively saved businesses since 2007, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5O-02915
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Interim Recommendations Report by the Working Group on Maintenance of Tenement Scheme Property.
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Question reference: S5O-02874
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to increasing pay for local councillors.
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