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: S5W-05800
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it made any submissions to the UK Government regarding Scotland's future trade relations with India ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit to the country in November 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-05797
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of exports from Scotland to outside of the EU in each of the last 10 years has been to India.
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Question reference: S5W-05798
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many of (a) its and (b) its agencies' staff work on trade relations with India, broken down by (i) directorate and (ii) agency.
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Question reference: S5W-05795
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the numbers of deaths and injuries on roads due to winter driving conditions.
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Question reference: S5O-00475
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide a skilled workforce that meets the needs of the labour market.
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Question reference: S5W-04862
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the street value of cannabis seizures in the Lothian parliamentary region was in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-04816
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to curb the posting online of "hate tweets" in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-04861
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of vehicle vandalism have occurred in the Lothian parliamentary region in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-04815
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many road accidents involving (a) trucks and (b) other heavy goods vehicles have been recorded in the Lothian parliamentary region in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-04817
- Asked by: Gordon Lindhurst, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many electrical fires have been recorded in the Lothian parliamentary region in each of the last 10 years.