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-08709
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures suggesting that, in the last quarter, Scotland's economy contracted by 0.2% compared with the UK figure of 0.7% growth, and that construction output contracted by 0.9%, and, in light of this, whether it will bring forward a proposal for a parliamentary debate on the economy.
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Question reference: S5W-09110
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the economic impact would be of a so-called hard border between Scotland and England.
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Question reference: S5W-09113
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its latest projection is of the outlook for the oil and gas industry.
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Question reference: S5W-09111
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that 8% of people with cancer live in the NHS North Ayrshire and Arran area, whether it will provide the NHS board with additional support.
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Question reference: S5W-09179
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it (a) has taken and (b) will take to respect purdah rules for the 2017 (i) Local Government Elections and (ii) General Election.
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Question reference: S5W-08956
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will release the next set of the Government Expenditure and Revenue Figures (Scotland) (GERS).
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Question reference: S5W-08781
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the proposal for new wind turbines on Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles, as set out at the Scottish Islands Renewables Delivery Forum.
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Question reference: S5W-08990
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out on the impact of the common fisheries policy on the sector in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-08823
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the International Energy Agency’s recent analysis of the oil industry, which suggested that growth had slowed for a second year, and what impact this reduction in growth will have on Scotland's national deficit.
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Question reference: S5W-09112
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what impact membership of the common fisheries policy has on Scotland's GDP.
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