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-09114
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what long-term sustainable deficit it considers that Scotland can run.
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Question reference: S5W-08957
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 9 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase levels of bilingualism.
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Question reference: S5W-08774
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on petition PE1650, which calls for postgraduate degree funding to be introduced for people who have studied for an undergraduate degree in Scotland but are ordinarily resident elsewhere in the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-08953
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in light of analysis from Ernst and Young, which suggests that company profit warnings have increased since the previous quarter.
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Question reference: S5W-08955
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 8 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase transparency in its handling of freedom of information requests in light of recent concerns raised by the Scottish Information Commissioner.
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Question reference: S5W-08954
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to mitigate the impact of a possible recession in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-08771
- 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 4 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to green energy entrepreneurs.
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Question reference: S5W-08826
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports suggesting that NHS Ayrshire and Arran staff recorded around 200,000 hours of sick leave in 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-08773
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what e-government developments it plans to introduce before January 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-08772
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to improve economic growth.
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