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-03758
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its no-deal Brexit planning.
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Question reference: S5O-03683
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the negotiations between Stirling Council and the agents of the Park of Keir development.
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Question reference: S5O-03593
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how the four-year delay to, and £2 billion cost increase of, the smart meter roll-out will impact on consumers in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-03471
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the glass sector regarding its proposed deposit return scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-24085
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre, which is in the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency, has delivered to support the Farmed Fish Health Framework.
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Question reference: S5O-03365
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have used the Alloa-Stirling rail service since it opened in 2008.
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Question reference: S5O-03344
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the progress being made with the Review of Intra-UK Allocation of Domestic Farm Funding that is being led by Lord Bew.
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Question reference: S5O-03221
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the impact of Brexit on the hospitality industry.
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Question reference: S5O-03150
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the decision by the DWP to reject the recommendation of the Work and Pensions Committee to set the default rate for recovery of universal credit hardship payments at 5% of the Standard Allowance.
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Question reference: S5W-22508
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how the inflation rate is calculated and whether there are any factors in Scotland that could result in a different level from that of the rest of the UK.