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: S5W-12947
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 4 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking in the next 12 months to tackle violence against women and girls.
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Question reference: S5O-01514
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the power in the Private Housing Tenancies (Scotland) Act 2016 to designate Rent Pressure Zones will come into force.
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Question reference: S5O-01489
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how its Draft Budget proposals will take account of Edinburgh’s needs, opportunities and population growth.
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Question reference: S5W-12420
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many parliamentary questions it has answered regarding exempting (a) Police Scotland and (b) the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service from VAT, and returning the money paid; how many letters it has sent to the UK Government on the matter; how many times it has asked to meet UK ministers to discuss this, and how many of these requests were granted, and how many (i) ministerial speeches and statements have been made and (ii) news releases it has issued.
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Question reference: S5O-01422
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve connectivity in the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency.
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Question reference: S5W-11620
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers to local authorities to help development of autism (a) strategies and (b) action plans.
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Question reference: S5O-01352
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group.
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Question reference: S5O-01280
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, 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 action it is taking to increase social housing in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S5W-10808
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the Scottish Expert Advisory Panel on the Collaborative Economy and its potential to regulate short-term let properties marketed through platforms such as Airbnb.