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: S4F-02048
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 April 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2014
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will provide an update on the economic benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
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Question reference: S4O-03049
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Liam McArthur on 27 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what discussions it has had with energy suppliers regarding the efficiency of the energy bill payment process for constituency and regional offices.
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Question reference: S4O-03096
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of cost savings of using Revenue Scotland rather than HMRC for collecting and managing landfill tax and land and buildings transaction tax.
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Question reference: S4O-03055
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how schools are teaching about sectarianism.
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Question reference: S4W-20003
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 19 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how it encourages people to visit the Parliament by bicycle and what arrangements are in place for people wanting to pass through security with folding bikes.
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Question reference: S4O-02994
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the widening availability and increased marketing of e-cigarettes.
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Question reference: S4T-00607
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 February 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the report in the Daily Record about conditions at the hostel, the Bellgrove Hotel, and, in light of such institutions being supported by public money, whether it considers that they should meet certain standards.
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Question reference: S4W-19411
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2014
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Keith Brown on 29 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project.
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Question reference: S4W-18919
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) the Scottish Football Association and (b) Police Scotland regarding recent reports of vandalism at football grounds.
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Question reference: S4W-18918
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of pyrotechnics being illegally used in football grounds were reported in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006, (e) 2007, (f) 2008, (g) 2009, (h) 2010, (i) 2011 and (j) 2012 and have been reported in 2013.
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