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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 31 October 2024
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Question reference: S4O-03884

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2015
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 January 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Ayrshire and Arran and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S4O-03845

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what road improvements in North Ayrshire are planned over the next five years.

Question reference: S4W-22826

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the (a) remit and (b) membership of the West of Scotland Oil and Gas Workshop.

Question reference: S4W-22824

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 6 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what framework it uses to ensure that there is a sufficient supply of amenity housing.

Question reference: S4W-22827

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-03535 by Angela Constance on 25 September 2014 (Official Report, c.4), whether it will confirm how many high-skilled, high-quality jobs will be secured in West Scotland as a result of the so-called new oil boom, and what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding this matter.

Question reference: S4O-03667

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on EDF’s application to SEPA that would allow it to transport intermediate-level radioactive waste from other sites to Hunterston to be stored.

Question reference: S4O-03649

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism has had with EDF regarding its application to transport radioactive waste to Hunterston for storage.

Question reference: S4W-22825

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the cost of the independence referendum.

Question reference: S4O-03557

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 September 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what figures it has on the closure of museums and libraries over the last five years.

Question reference: S4O-03535

  • Asked by: Margaret McDougall, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote high skilled, high quality jobs in the West Scotland region.