Parliamentary questions
Michael McMahon
323 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will require fire risk assessors to provide care home dutyholders with a fire risk assessment compliance certificate and to report the issuing of the certificate to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-15033 on 31 May 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybus…
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to require fire risk assessors to provide evidence of their competence to care home dutyholders before carrying out work for them.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-15033 on 31 May 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybus…
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to require fire risk assessors to demonstrate their competence.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-15033 on 31 May 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybus…
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what schemes exist to allow fire risk assessors to demonstrate their competence.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-15033 on 31 May 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybus…
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what advice is available to assist care home dutyholders to check the competence of fire risk assessors.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-15033 on 31 May 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybus…
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service regarding the competence of fire risk assessors.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-15033 on 31 May 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybus…
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will require care home dutyholders to check the competence of fire protection companies through the use of third party certification schemes.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-15033 on 31 May 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybus…
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what advice is made available to assist care home dutyholders to check the competence of companies that provide (a) fire protection services and (b) fire risk assessments.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-15033 on 31 May 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybus…
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what advice is made available to care home dutyholders to ensure fire safety in the premises for which they are responsible.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-15033 on 31 May 2013. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybus…
15 May 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the conclusions were of its consultation, A Consultation on the Revision of the Scottish Government Practical Fire Safety Guidance for Care Homes and the Quality Assurance of Persons Who Offer Risk Assessment Services, and when they will be published.
Answer · Roseanna Cunningham: The conclusions of the consultation on the revision of care home guidance and fire risk assessment quality assurance was published in October 2012 and is available on the Scottish Government (SG) website at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0040/00404351.…
3 Apr 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people were (a) arrested for breach of the peace between 29 March and 1 April 2013 and (b) convicted of breach of the peace on 2 and 3 April 2013 and how many of these convictions were announced via news releases from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
Answer · Lesley Thomson: The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) does not hold information on numbers of accused persons arrested for any charge. The information requested in part (a) of the question is therefore not available from COPFS. In relation to part (b) of th…
18 Mar 2013 · Topical Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on recent reports expressing concern at the police handling of unauthorised protests.
11 Mar 2013 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how NHS boards apply the Liverpool Care Pathway.
8 Mar 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13035 by Alex Neil on 7 March 2013, for what reason this information is not held centrally; what impact not holding the information in this manner has on how it assesses whether the NHS is meeting its equalities obligations, and whether it will prov…
Answer · Alex Neil: Under the Equality Act 2010, all NHS boards are legally required to hold and publish the information requested in S4W-13035. It is the responsibility of the individual NHS boards to publish the outcomes individually in a manner that is readily accessible to t…
4 Mar 2013 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the effectiveness of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012.
10 Feb 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what specific equality duties are recorded in each NHS board workforce plan.
Answer · Alex Neil: The information requested on what specific equality duties are recorded in each NHS workforce plan is not centrally held. However, revised workforce planning guidance relating to this matter was issued in 2011 and can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/…
10 Feb 2013 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether all NHS board workforce plans (a) comply with the Equality Act 2010 and (b) contain specific equality duties.
Answer · Alex Neil: The information requested, regarding whether all NHS board workforce plans (a) comply with the Equality Act 2010 and (b) contains specific equality duties, is not centrally held. However, revised workforce planning guidance relating to this matter was issued…
14 Jan 2013 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what reductions it expects in unemployment levels during 2013.
17 Dec 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to amend the council tax prior to introducing a local income tax.
Answer · John Swinney: Ministers consider the council tax to be unfair and have committed to freezing the tax for the duration of this Parliament to support hard pressed households. The Scottish Government will consult with others to produce a fairer local tax based on ability to p…
17 Dec 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will legislate to replace the council tax with a local income tax.
Answer · John Swinney: Ministers consider the council tax to be unfair and have committed to freezing the tax for the duration of this Parliament to support hard pressed households. The Scottish Government will consult with others to produce a fairer local tax based on ability to p…
3 Dec 2012 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in tackling sectarianism.
12 Nov 2012 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made toward the commencement of construction of the Newhouse to Baillieston M8 upgrade.
2 Nov 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the impact on social cohesion of Stonewall giving Cardinal O'Brien the Bigot of the Year Award.
Answer · Alex Neil: As we said when we issued our consultation on same sex marriage last year, we hope that everyone will treat those with different or opposing views with courtesy and respect, in accordance with the very highest standards of democratic discourse. The Scottish G…
2 Nov 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its funding of Stonewall in light of Stonewall giving the Bigot of the Year award to Cardinal O'Brien and nominating Archbishop Tartaglia.
Answer · Alex Neil: Stonewall UK’s awards are not funded by the Scottish Government. We provide funding for Stonewall Scotland for its work to tackle inequality in relation to sexual orientation. In the period 2012-15 this has been awarded to Stonewall Scotland to implement it…
29 Oct 2012 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects to receive Barnett consequentials as a result of the UK Government’s recently-announced advice services transition fund and, if so, whether it will allocate these to advice services in Scotland.
17 Sep 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that the lead researcher on its consultation on civil partnership and same sex marriage "insulted and belittled" Christian views while preparing the report and "directed obscenities" at Cardinal Keith O’Brien in the presence of other members of the analysi…
Answer · Alex Neil: We have received no evidence to suggest that the lead analyst in relation to this consultation "insulted and belittled" Christian views and "directed obscenities" at Cardinal O'Brien. The analysis, http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/07/5671/0, refle…
10 Sep 2012 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and what issues were discussed.
5 Sep 2012 · Portfolio Question
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will put in place to stimulate the construction sector.
20 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses in receipt of support under the small business bonus scheme employed additional staff after receiving that support.
Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-08175 on 2 July 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusin…
20 Jun 2012 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses that received support under the small business bonus scheme went out of business in the year in which they received that support, in the last two years for which information is available.
Answer · John Swinney: In the four years since its introduction by this Government, the Small Business Bonus Scheme has reduced business rates taxation for over 85,000 business premises across Scotland, including over 6,900 in Lanarkshire. A 2009 poll by the Federation of Small Bu…