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-01346
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to how tenement housing can be better maintained.
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Question reference: S5O-01278
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the proportion of retailers adhering to single use carrier bag legislation.
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Question reference: S5W-10973
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 August 2017
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the revised indicative SRDP scheme budgets that are included in the latest SRDP modification are.
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Question reference: S5O-01177
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 28 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it can ensure that organisations in the third sector are able to have their voices heard.
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Question reference: S5F-01453
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2017
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to close the gender pay gap.
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Question reference: S5O-01134
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what consideration it has given to reducing the portion size of food served in the Garden Level Restaurant.
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Question reference: S5F-01340
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2017
To ask the First Minister what recent discussions the Scottish Government has had with local authority directors of education concerning the quality of newly-qualified teachers.
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Question reference: S5O-00998
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the outcome of the local government elections.
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Question reference: S5O-00930
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how schools can encourage young people to select subjects in a way that is not along traditional gender lines.
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Question reference: S5O-00860
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact is of water charges on smaller organisations that operate in business centres in which they do not have their own water supply but share kitchens and toilets.