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-03856
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations in the Scottish Environment Link report, Environmental Governance: effective approaches for Scotland post-Brexit.
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Question reference: S5O-03787
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis has been carried out regarding the impact of multi-level teaching in secondary schools.
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Question reference: S5W-25578
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the Right to Reply submission in response to the paper, Clinical Risk Assessment of the Healthcare Improvement Scotland Report, “Clinical Management of Breast Cancer in NHS Tayside”, which was submitted on 23 April 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-25579
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will acknowledge and reply to the letter of 22 April 2019 from the Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews, Professor Mark Chaplain, which set out a mathematical and scientific assessment of the breast cancer dosages in NHS Tayside.
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Question reference: S5O-03648
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the National Trust for Scotland regarding the preservation of historic buildings and landmarks in Dundee.
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Question reference: S5O-03589
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in the last year on increasing household recycling rates.
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Question reference: S5O-03520
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings VisitScotland has had with V&A Dundee and Dundee City Council in the last three years.
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Question reference: S5O-03427
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the number of people starting Modern Apprenticeships reportedly fell by almost 12% in Dundee between 2017-18 and 2018-19.
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Question reference: S5T-01659
- Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle air pollution, in light of reports that this is responsible for the rise in childhood cancers.