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: S5F-04877
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 March 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 March 2021
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the UK Budget.
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Question reference: S5O-05080
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 February 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how its welfare policies have supported low-income families with children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5O-05035
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what recent representations it has made to the UK Government regarding trade deals with countries linked to genocide.
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Question reference: S5W-34609
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent Savanta ComRes poll of people in Scotland, which suggested that 68% had concerns about at-home abortions and 86% had concerns around the relationship between these procedures and domestic abuse.
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Question reference: S5O-04972
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on a recent University of Sheffield report, Interventions to reduce the public health burden of gambling-related harms, which recognises that gambling should be treated as a serious public health concern.
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Question reference: S5F-04747
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 January 2021
To ask the First Minister what her response is to the announcement that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be operated by the UK Government and not by the Scottish Government and the other devolved administrations.
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Question reference: S5O-04941
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the decision by the Lord President to reduce the number of criminal trials, what further support it will provide to victims.
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Question reference: S5O-04675
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill will give increased protection to people of any religion.
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Question reference: S5W-31993
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2020
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kate Forbes on 24 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to each ministerial portfolio to support the policy response to the COVID-19 emergency.
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Question reference: S5O-04637
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how COVID-19 has impacted on disabled people.
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