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-04431
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Black Lives Matter campaign, how dealing with racism and Scotland's links with slavery are taught in schools.
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Question reference: S5O-04405
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill could impact on sectarianism, in light of this not being specifically mentioned in it as a characteristic that might attract expressions of hatred.
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Question reference: S5O-04354
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 28 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to research by GambleAware, which suggests that 46% of people with a gambling problem are not accessing treatment and support.
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Question reference: S5O-04377
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the finance secretary's response is to reports that extra funding commitments pledged by the UK Government to assist with the response to the COVID-19 outbreak have not been fulfilled.
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Question reference: S5O-04284
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comments in its China engagement strategy regarding respect for human rights, what its position is on the recent full judgement of the China Tribunal on forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience.
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Question reference: S5O-04230
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Liam McArthur on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body on 5 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what requirements there are for people working in the Parliament to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme administered by Disclosure Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-04266
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the action that it takes to restrict hate speech does not inadvertently discourage freedom of speech.
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Question reference: S5O-04163
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the importance of young people leaving school going onto positive destinations.
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Question reference: S5O-04151
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what treatment programmes are available to help people addicted to gambling.
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Question reference: S5T-01934
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take in response to reports that ATMs are increasingly charging for taking out cash.