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-11827
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that patients with less survivable cancers are able to access clinical trials.
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Question reference: S5W-11869
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of investment funding for the HALO project in Kilmarnock from the UK and Scottish governments.
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Question reference: S5T-00706
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the health secretary's comment in June that the country's "stillbirth rates and neonatal death rates continue to decline", what its response is to the recent report by the National Records of Scotland, which suggests an increase in the rate in 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-11072
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the volume of traffic to and from the port, what its position is on dualling the A77 between Cairnryan and Ayr.
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Question reference: S5W-11076
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10422 by Aileen Campbell on 28 August 2017, what the timetable is for the consultation on obesity; what stakeholders and interested parties it will approach, and by what date it will publish the final strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-11074
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that peak time demand leads to static traffic on the road, what its position is on upgrading the Bellfield interchange at the A77.
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Question reference: S5W-11075
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what investment it plans as part of the wider Ayrshire Growth Deal.
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Question reference: S5W-11077
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to (a) increase physical activity levels and (b) ensure that the opportunity to be active is available to all.
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Question reference: S5W-11078
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when work on the Maybole bypass will begin; whether it will be dualled road, and what its position is on developing a cycle track alongside it.
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Question reference: S5W-10076
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers a suitable time for a patient to wait for an appointment with their GP.
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