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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 14 March 2025
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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.

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.

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.

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.

Question reference: S5O-02811

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the citizens' basic income pilot schemes.

Question reference: S5O-02767

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the decline in kestrel numbers in Scotland.

Question reference: S5O-02713

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what it expects the impact to be on social security and older people in Glasgow of its draft spending and tax plans for 2019-20.

Question reference: S5O-02639

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether children in Glasgow must demonstrate greater needs than those in other parts of Scotland in order to gain access to an Additional Support for Learning school.

Question reference: S5F-02717

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2018

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking in response to the reported rise in antisemitism.

Question reference: S5O-02491

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what support it can give to older people who find themselves lonely and isolated.