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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 2 July 2025
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Question reference: S4O-03798

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the extension of the Department for Work and Pensions' Work Programme.

Question reference: S4O-03785

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve access to rail services for disabled people.

Question reference: S4O-03745

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it seeks to promote affordable public transport for vulnerable groups.

Question reference: S4O-03708

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the benefits of the project, General Practitioners at the Deep End, which is being carried out in deprived communities.

Question reference: S4O-03689

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it will encourage and support small businesses to pay employees the living wage.

Question reference: S4T-00793

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 September 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it will support humanitarian efforts in Iraq in light of the UK Parliament’s approval of air strikes in the country.

Question reference: S4O-03495

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports community organisations in the Glasgow region in using funding from the CashBack for Communities programme and other money seized under proceeds of crime legislation.

Question reference: S4O-03440

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 July 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it works with sportscotland and other partners to promote sporting pathways for young people so that aspiring athletes have the best chance of competing at major international events.

Question reference: S4F-02244

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 August 2014

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the Credit Suisse Research Institute report, The Success of Small States.

Question reference: S4W-22041

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 July 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 1 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many General Dentist Service dentists there were as at (a) September 2006 and (b) March 2014.