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: S5O-00879
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2017
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what contingencies are in place to mitigate the impact on students, particularly those with upcoming exams, of reported planned strikes by college lecturers.
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Question reference: S5W-08367
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources it plans to invest in the Aberdeen area to tackle teacher shortages.
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Question reference: S5W-08132
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people on the waiting list for an appointment at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary cataract clinic in the last year have sought private treatment.
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Question reference: S5W-07655
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation regarding the policy of supporting continued membership of the EU, in light of the concerns expressed by the federation regarding the common fisheries policy.
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Question reference: S5W-07656
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation regarding an independent Scotland applying for membership of the EU, in light of membership requiring member states being obliged to adhere to the common fisheries policy.
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Question reference: S5W-07907
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of non-domestic rates is retained by local authorities.
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Question reference: S5W-07906
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in the event that local authorities raise more in non-domestic rates than the sum allocated to them in the local government settlement, whether they will retain the difference.
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Question reference: S5O-00795
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation regarding the impact of the common fisheries policy.
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Question reference: S5W-07668
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 14 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05829 by Angela Constance on 11 January 2017, whether it has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism.
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Question reference: S5W-07667
- Asked by: Ross Thomson, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to tackle anti-Semitism.