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-01517
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that new-build housing estates are able to access fast fibre broadband internet connections.
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Question reference: S5W-12690
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shona Robison on 13 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards negotiating a new GP contract for 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-12268
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 8 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) emotional, (b) psychological and (c) other support it provides to women during menopause.
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Question reference: S5O-01404
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 1 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement the finance secretary has had with trade unions regarding scrapping the cap on public sector pay.
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Question reference: S5W-11638
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made prohibiting smoking on NHS property, and how this has contributed towards the aim of making Scotland a tobacco-free country.
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Question reference: S5T-00654
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will give to families of children who died at the Smyllum Park orphanage in Lanark.
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Question reference: S5W-10611
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 August 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how the number of staff working in the NHS in September 2006 compares to the latest available statistics.
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Question reference: S5W-10396
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 9 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10034 by Kevin Stewart on 14 July 2017, whether the Scottish Funding Council received the information that it requested from the principals and chairs of college buildings and from the Scottish Association of University Directors of Estates (SAUDE) regarding the use of aluminium composite material by 13 July and, if so, how (a) this information will be used and (b) ministers will ensure that all relevant action is taken.
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Question reference: S5W-10027
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 31 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds regarding the growth of microbreweries in Scotland, and how many people are employed in this sector.
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Question reference: S5W-10028
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to encourage people to save for retirement.