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-06939
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 14 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to attract (a) investors and (b) entrepreneurs from (i) the rest of the UK and (ii) overseas.
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Question reference: S5W-07785
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to online skills training services, and how it helps promote their availability.
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Question reference: S5W-07787
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 14 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action that it is taking to tackle domestic violence.
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Question reference: S5W-07511
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that hospitals in NHS Ayrshire and Arran cancelled 323 operations in 2016 because they did not have sufficient resources.
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Question reference: S5W-07504
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that ScotRail paid around £2,000 in compensation payments each day from April to December 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-07193
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06360 by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2017, what the timetable is for the evaluation.
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Question reference: S5O-00771
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent Samaritans' report, which recorded a disparity in suicide rates across local authorities.
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Question reference: S5W-07508
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to tackle (a) online identify fraud and (b) other cyber-crime; what guidance it issues to businesses regarding protecting themselves, and what information it has on how much has been lost by (i) people and (ii) businesses.
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Question reference: S5W-06937
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 8 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of small wind turbines on lampposts as a source of renewable energy and what support it can provide to local authorities that want to invest in this.
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Question reference: S5W-07506
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comment by the President of the Centre for Economics and Business Research that an independent Scotland would face “Greek-style austerity".
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