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
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Question reference: S5W-13928
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what obligations fall to the remaining partners of Aberdeen Roads Ltd for the ongoing maintenance, cleaning and gritting of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR), and what mitigation measures Transport Scotland has in place to cover the long-term maintenance, cleaning and gritting of the AWPR in the event that any other partners of Aberdeen Roads Ltd withdraw from the contract.
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Question reference: S5W-13926
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the collapse of Carillion, what engagement it will undertake with the Ministry of Defence regarding the maintenance and repair of homes used by armed forces personnel and their families in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-13925
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it will undertake with (a) the Federation of Small Businesses and (b) other stakeholders regarding the collapse of Carillion.
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Question reference: S5W-13927
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of jobs supported by Carillion in the north east of Scotland; whether any of these are under threat, and what support it can provide to minimise any job losses.
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Question reference: S5W-13924
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that the liquidation of Carillion will have on the network of local suppliers and small firms in Scotland contracted by the company.
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Question reference: S5W-13923
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to profit warnings by Carillion in 2016 and the impact that this might have had on the delivery of infrastructure projects in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-01745
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 31 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to eliminate rural fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S5W-13929
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to whether the remit of the proposed Scottish National Investment Bank could be widened over the longer term to include the development of a sovereign wealth fund.
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Question reference: S5T-00890
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Oxfam report, Reward Work, Not Wealth, and what action it is taking to tackle inequality.
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Question reference: S5O-01708
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support women’s football and rugby.