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: S5W-05581
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Scottish renewable energy firms are now active in more than 40 countries.
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Question reference: S5T-00304
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland report, Equipping Scotland for the Future.
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Question reference: S5W-05878
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to tackle domestic abuse.
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Question reference: S5W-05442
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action has been taken to prepare Aberdeenshire for the possibility of winter flooding, and what lessons have been learned from the floods of winter 2015-16.
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Question reference: S5W-05441
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports businesses in building international links.
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Question reference: S5O-00460
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what was discussed at the last meeting between the finance secretary and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.
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Question reference: S5W-04551
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 24 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that gas production from the Alder field has started, and what information it has regarding how many jobs this will bring.
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Question reference: S5W-04550
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the oil and gas industry with the development of technologies to help bring hard-to-reach fields onstream.
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Question reference: S5T-00214
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the GMB union on North Sea decommissioning costs.
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Question reference: S5O-00388
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the Autumn Statement on the oil and gas sector in Scotland.