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-19653
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the use of electric shock collars is permitted under any circumstances, following the introduction of its new Guidance on Dog Training Aids.
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Question reference: S5W-19654
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether its new Guidance on Dog Training Aids will have the same effect as a full legal ban.
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Question reference: S5O-02532
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it will respond to the proposals from the five cross-border local authorities regarding a Borderlands growth deal.
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Question reference: S5W-19440
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the ScotRail franchise performance benchmarks are, broken down by sector.
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Question reference: S5W-19355
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S5W-19074 and S5W-19073 by Michael Matheson on 10 October 2018, whether it will provide the information requested and clarify its position on whether it is content with the use of internal targets, rather than franchise targets, by ScotRail in its monthly public performance monitoring update.
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Question reference: S5W-19164
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18914 by Michael Matheson on 2 October 2018, whether all of the trains will have controlled emission tanks fitted before they are used.
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Question reference: S5O-02480
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the development of better housing in Dumfries town centre.
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Question reference: S5W-18832
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions regarding the reshaping of stroke services in Scotland it has had with NHS England.
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Question reference: S5W-19067
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list each of the changes that have been made to the (a) breach benchmarks and (b) committed obligation on transparent reporting set out in the ScotRail franchise since April 2015; what the reason was for each change; when the changes were made; who was made aware of these, and what action was taken to place details of each in the public domain.
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Question reference: S5W-19074
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when Transport Scotland became aware that ScotRail was using internal rather than franchise targets in its monthly publications, and what action it took in response to this.