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: S4W-02038
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what areas of Scotland met the 2010 targets for nitrogen dioxide limits set out in the EU ambient air quality directive (2008/50/EC); when it expects the whole of Scotland to be compliant with the directive, and what action is being taken to achieve this.
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Question reference: S4W-01390
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many young offenders are detained at HMYOI Polmont; how many are ordinarily resident in Glasgow, and whether it will provide a breakdown by (a) age and (b) ethnic identity.
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Question reference: S4O-00105
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the actions set out in the Diabetes Action Plan 2010.
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Question reference: S4W-00463
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrests for terrorism-related offences have been made at Scottish airports as a result of stops under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
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Question reference: S4W-00464
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been for terrorism-related offences as a direct result of Schedule 7 stops under the Terrorism Act 2000 at Scottish airports.
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Question reference: S4F-00031
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 June 2011
To ask the First Minister what additional support the Scottish Government will provide to unpaid carers over the next five years.
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Question reference: S4W-00208
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the recorded ethnic identity of those ordered to participate in a stop under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 at (a) Glasgow International, (b) Glasgow Prestwick, (c) Edinburgh International and (d) Aberdeen Airport in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-00204
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many stops under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 have been carried out at (a) Glasgow International, (b) Glasgow Prestwick, (c) Edinburgh International and (d) Aberdeen Airport in each year since 2007.