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: S4T-00920
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the recent Celtic versus Rangers match had on police resources.
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Question reference: S4W-23990
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 23 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in light of paragraph 27 of Conduct of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education in Schools, no teacher will be required to teach aspects of such education to which they fundamentally object.
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Question reference: S4W-23991
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 23 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in light of paragraph 28 of Conduct of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education in Schools, no teacher will be required to promote a particular type of relationship to which they have a deeply held objection.
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Question reference: S4W-23992
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 23 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in light of paragraph 25 of Conduct of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education in Schools, individual teachers will have the final say over which resources they choose to use for such education.
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Question reference: S4T-00883
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 January 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what contact it has had with the administrators of City Link Limited.
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Question reference: S4W-23508
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 17 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the people appointed named persons under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 are in place and, if so, whether it will provide a breakdown by gender.
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Question reference: S4W-23495
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 11 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on Glasgow City Council's decision to reduce the budget of the Glasgow Association for Mental Health by 40% and what it can do to ensure that its services can continue.
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Question reference: S4O-03837
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how the Scottish budget method of consultation and committee deliberation compares with that of the UK.
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Question reference: S4O-03753
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the economic benefits of immigration from the EU are to Scotland.
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Question reference: S4O-03695
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what its position is on offering a small discount or other incentives to encourage the use of cashless payments in the Garden Level Restaurant.