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: S4O-04748
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 October 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the future use of Leuchars army station.
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Question reference: S4O-04724
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how it can encourage library usage by children.
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Question reference: S4W-27859
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will match the UK Government’s introduction of lifetime pension awards for widows of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty.
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Question reference: S4O-04667
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 1 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how it can support grassroots development of rugby.
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Question reference: S4O-04693
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to help increase take-up of the flu vaccination.
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Question reference: S4W-27413
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) GPs and (b) consultants have retired from each NHS board in each of the last five years and at what average age.
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Question reference: S4F-02962
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2015
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to assist research into dementia.
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Question reference: S4W-27336
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 17 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to reduce the number of domestic fire incidents for people aged 60 and over.
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Question reference: S4O-04634
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it can take to improve the safety of passengers on trains.
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Question reference: S4W-27177
- Asked by: Roderick Campbell, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 August 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 September 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential economic impact on Scotland of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.