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: S4T-01033
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government on the subject of HS2.
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Question reference: S4O-04369
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what socioeconomic benefits would arise from providing interconnectors to the islands.
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Question reference: S4O-04327
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 May 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it is providing to increase affordable housing in rural and remote areas.
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Question reference: S4O-04228
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 April 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing in this year of food and drink to encourage local authorities and NHS boards to promote Scottish food.
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Question reference: S4W-25030
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 March 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what targets it expects Registers of Scotland to achieve in 2015-16.
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Question reference: S4W-24756
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 16 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of homes that have been purchased through the (a) Help to Buy (Scotland) and (b) Open Market Shared Equity scheme, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4O-04125
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how the Schools for the Future programme can help improve the school estate and how many pupils it impacts on.
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Question reference: S4W-24618
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 25 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will allocate to Wave Energy Scotland and what its work programme will be.
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Question reference: S4W-24448
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 February 2015
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Derek Mackay on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24217 by Derek Mackay on 11 February 2015, on what date it will announce the details of its approach to the invitation to tender.
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Question reference: S4O-03978
- Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help bring empty properties back into use as housing.