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Showing 260 of 393 matching items. Latest 30 days: 48.

Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S4M-16019	Sadness at the Death of Duncan McSporran	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	22 Mar 2016
S4W-30706	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	22 Mar 2016
S4M-15799.1	St Patrick's Day Festival Coatbridge	McMahon, Michael	Motion Amendment	17 Mar 2016
S4O-05644	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	09 Mar 2016
S4M-15429	Criminal Verdicts (Scotland) Bill 1 linked amendment	McMahon, Michael	Motion Bill Motion	25 Feb 2016
S4M-15343	Review of the Petitions Process	McMahon, Michael	Motion Committee Motion	19 Jan 2016
S4M-15097	Reduce Fire Safety Risk	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	07 Dec 2015
S4W-28184	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	10 Nov 2015
S4W-28107	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2015
S4W-28076	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	03 Nov 2015
S4O-04679	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	07 Oct 2015
S4W-27622	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	06 Oct 2015
S4W-27621	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	01 Oct 2015
S4W-27551	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	29 Sep 2015
S4W-27549	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	29 Sep 2015
S4O-04585	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	16 Sep 2015
S4W-26358	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	13 Jul 2015
S4M-13582	Make Father’s Day a Real Benefit, Put the Child First	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	19 Jun 2015
S4W-25951	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	18 Jun 2015
S4M-13446.1	James Connolly and the 1916 Rising	McMahon, Michael	Motion Amendment	12 Jun 2015
S4W-25952	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	12 Jun 2015
S4M-13176	Lloyds TSB Foundation Supports Bellshill and Mossend YMCA	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	14 May 2015
S4F-02792	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question First Minister's Question	14 May 2015
S4O-04313	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	13 May 2015
S4W-24908	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	25 Mar 2015
S4O-04127	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	18 Mar 2015
S4O-04031	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	25 Feb 2015
S4O-03997	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	05 Feb 2015
S4O-03969	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	29 Jan 2015
S4O-03937	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	22 Jan 2015
S4W-23667	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	19 Dec 2014
S4M-11840	Welfare Reform and the Smith Commission	McMahon, Michael	Motion Committee Motion	18 Dec 2014
S4O-03779	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	03 Dec 2014
S4W-23199	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2014
S4O-03729	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	20 Nov 2014
S4O-03671	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	12 Nov 2014
S4O-03621	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	30 Oct 2014
S4M-11175	Fire Risk Assessments	McMahon, Michael	Motion Members' Business Motion	29 Oct 2014
S4M-11220	Margaret Gibb Wins RBS Scotland's Real Hero of the Year Award	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	16 Oct 2014
S4O-03581	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	08 Oct 2014
S4O-03553	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	01 Oct 2014
S4O-03514	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	24 Sep 2014
S4W-22040	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 Jul 2014
S4W-22038	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 Jul 2014
S4W-22081	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	29 Jul 2014
S4W-22080	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	29 Jul 2014
S4W-22039	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	25 Jul 2014
S4M-10370	Fire Risk Assessments	McMahon, Michael	Motion Members' Business Motion	17 Jun 2014
S4M-10129	It’s all Academic, Congratulations to the Accies	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	27 May 2014
S4W-20757	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	19 May 2014
S4O-03188	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	07 May 2014
S4O-03137	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	24 Apr 2014
S4M-09800	9th Annual STUC Helen Dowie Award for Lifelong Learning	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	23 Apr 2014
S4O-03110	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	03 Apr 2014
S4M-09594	Doing More to Support Carers of People with Terminal Illness	McMahon, Michael	Motion Members' Business Motion	02 Apr 2014
S4M-09190	The Impact of Welfare Reform	McMahon, Michael	Motion Committee Motion	13 Mar 2014
S4O-02878	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	05 Feb 2014
S4O-02848	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	29 Jan 2014
S4M-08873	National Dignity Action Day	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	28 Jan 2014
S4O-02831	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	23 Jan 2014
S4M-08793	Lymphoedema Care in Scotland	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	17 Jan 2014
S4O-02788	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	15 Jan 2014
S4M-08713	Marie Curie CHAS Rest Assured Home Service	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	06 Jan 2014
S4O-02726	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	18 Dec 2013
S4O-02706	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	11 Dec 2013
S4M-08460	Hamilton College Thinking of Others at Christmas	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	02 Dec 2013
S4O-02639	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	27 Nov 2013
S4O-02560	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	07 Nov 2013
S4W-17759	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2013
S4W-17417	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	08 Oct 2013
S4W-17415	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	08 Oct 2013
S4W-17414	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	08 Oct 2013
S4W-17413	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	08 Oct 2013
S4M-07944	Hospice Care Week 2013	McMahon, Michael	Motion Members' Business Motion	07 Oct 2013
S4W-17416	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	03 Oct 2013
S4W-17412	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	03 Oct 2013
S4O-02393	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	18 Sep 2013
S4O-02330	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	04 Sep 2013
S4M-07210	Every Little Helps the Trussell Trust and Fareshare	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	01 Jul 2013
S4W-15636	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Jun 2013
S4M-07152	Friend of Scotland Elected Speaker in Pakistan	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	25 Jun 2013
S4W-15044	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15043	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15042	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15040	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15039	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15038	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15037	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15036	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15035	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15034	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4W-15033	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2013
S4F-01432	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question First Minister's Question	30 May 2013
S4M-06596	Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief Awareness Week	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	15 May 2013
S4W-14107	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	01 May 2013
S4M-06244	Impact of Welfare Reform on Scotland	McMahon, Michael	Motion Committee Motion	23 Apr 2013
S4W-13600	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	21 Mar 2013
S4O-01937	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	20 Mar 2013
S4T-00293	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Topical Question	19 Mar 2013
S4O-01901	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	13 Mar 2013
S4W-13034	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	08 Mar 2013
S4W-13035	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2013
S4O-01714	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	23 Jan 2013
S4W-11912	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	17 Jan 2013
S4W-11911	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	17 Jan 2013
S4O-01590	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	12 Dec 2012
S4O-01510	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	21 Nov 2012
S4W-10934	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	19 Nov 2012
S4W-10933	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	19 Nov 2012
S4O-01446	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	08 Nov 2012
S4M-04461	Save Scotland's Bus Services	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	11 Oct 2012
S4W-09697	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	02 Oct 2012
S4O-01280	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	20 Sep 2012
S4O-01254	No title given	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	12 Sep 2012
S4M-03835	Baron Morris of Manchester	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	15 Aug 2012
S4W-08176	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.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	02 Jul 2012
S4W-08175	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 year	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	02 Jul 2012
S4O-01154	To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs have been created by the small business bonus scheme and how this evidence was collected.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	21 Jun 2012
S4M-03063	Real Success for Reeltime	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	28 May 2012
S4M-03057	Yooz is Good News	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	25 May 2012
S4W-06617	To ask the Scottish Executive what the change in cancer-specific survival times was in the NHS Lanarkshire area in 2010-11 compared with 2005-06.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	30 Apr 2012
S4W-06616	To ask the Scottish Executive how much NHS Lanarkshire spent on colorectal services in 2010-11 compared with 2005-06.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	30 Apr 2012
S4O-00938	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on delivering the Curriculum for Excellence.	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06624	To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) six and (b) 12 month mortality rates were for patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for bowel cancer in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2010-11.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06623	To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of patients with cancer detected by the bowel cancer screening programme in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2010-11 died within (i) six months and (ii) one year of di	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06622	To ask the Scottish Executive what the operative mortality rate was for patients undergoing surgery for bowel cancer detected via the screening programme in (a) Scotland and (b) the NHS Lanarkshire ar	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06621	To ask the Scottish Executive what the mean improvement in the number of days has been from referral to first treatment for people undergoing curative cancer surgery since bowel cancer screening was i	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06620	To ask the Scottish Executive how many colonoscopies were carried out on patients aged between 75 and 80 in the NHS Lanarkshire area in 2010-11 compared with 2005-06.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06619	To ask the Scottish Executive how many colonoscopies were carried out in the NHS Lanarkshire area on patients aged 80 and under in 2010-11 compared with 2005-06.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06618	To ask the Scottish Executive what the change in life-expectancy for patients with colorectal cancer was in the NHS Lanarkshire area in 2010-11 compared with 2005-06.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06615	To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients died of colorectal cancer in the NHS Lanarkshire area in 2010-11 compared with 2005-06.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06614	To ask the Scottish Executive how many more colonoscopies NHS Lanarkshire conducted in 2010-11 compared with 2005-06.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06613	To ask the Scottish Executive by how many days the (a) median and (b) mean patient waiting time for a colonoscopy in NHS Lanarkshire improved between 2005-06 and 2010-11.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2012
S4W-06612	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) faecal occult blood test letters and (b) test kits were sent out in 2010-11; how many have been (i) returned and (ii) processed; how many progressed to a col	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Apr 2012
S4O-00885	To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to the use of social impact bonds in the delivery of public services.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	19 Apr 2012
S4O-00802	To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to the use of Social Impact Bonds in the delivery of public services.	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	15 Mar 2012
S4W-05997	To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern apprenticeships have been completed at SVQ level (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 4 in each year since 2005.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	13 Mar 2012
S4W-05911	To ask the Scottish Executive how many times ministers have contacted court appointed administrators in relation to football clubs entering administration in each year since 2007 and which (a) adminis	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	13 Mar 2012
S4W-05968	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the appointment to the Scotland Committee of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) of the Head of Patient Focus, Equalities, in its Directorate of Healt	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	09 Mar 2012
S4W-05910	To ask the Scottish Executive how many times ministers have contacted court appointed administrators regarding companies entering administration in each year since 2007; which administrators were invo	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	09 Mar 2012
S4O-00759	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to review the membership and functions of Partnership Action for Continuing Employment.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	08 Mar 2012
S4W-05909	To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) central and (b) accessible resource the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy will establish to allow people and organisations representing	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	06 Mar 2012
S4W-05908	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy will issue to members of NHS boards to ensure that (a) governance arrangements, (b) accounta	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	06 Mar 2012
S4W-05907	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy has to monitor, in partnership with people and organisations representing the protected charact	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	06 Mar 2012
S4W-05906	To ask the Scottish Executive what baseline data relating to levels of discrimination in the NHS the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy will use to monitor the effectiveness o	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	06 Mar 2012
S4W-05905	To ask the Scottish Executive what checks the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy will put in place to ensure that the equality outcomes to be published by each NHS board by 31	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	06 Mar 2012
S4W-05904	To ask the Scottish Executive how the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy will ensure that all NHS boards engage with people and organisations representing the protected charac	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	06 Mar 2012
S4M-01996	25th Anniversary of the Caterpillar Sit-in	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	09 Feb 2012
S4W-05093	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason no NHS board has published an equal pay review similar to NHS24's previous analysis of the pay differentials between (a) disabled and non-disabled staff,	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	30 Jan 2012
S4F-00421	To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government considers any local authority to be not fit for purpose.	McMahon, Michael	Question First Minister's Question	26 Jan 2012
S4O-00620	To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of NUS Scotland.	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	26 Jan 2012
S4O-00596	To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment has had with construction sector representatives in Lanarkshire and what issues we	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	19 Jan 2012
S4O-00415	To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met NHS Lanarkshire to discuss cancer services.	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	24 Nov 2011
S4M-01384	Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief	McMahon, Michael	Motion Members' Business Motion	21 Nov 2011
S4M-01336.1	Regeneration Strategy	McMahon, Michael	Motion Amendment	16 Nov 2011
S4W-03777	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has estimated the extra cost to local authorities of administering and collecting the proposed public health levy.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	10 Nov 2011
S4O-00355	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth last met COSLA.	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	10 Nov 2011
S4W-03422	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-02826 by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2011, for what reason this was not an issue in NHS 24, in which details of any gender, age	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2011
S4W-03421	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-02826 by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2011, whether a deadline will now be set by which detailed equal pay reviews will be carri	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2011
S4W-03425	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-02826 by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 September 2011, (a) when and (b) how women in the NHS will benefit from their employers being requir	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2011
S4W-03471	To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) cost and (b) benefits to local authorities will be of administering and collecting its proposed public health levy.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	27 Oct 2011
S4W-03472	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ask local authorities to ring fence for health purposes the money collected from its proposed public health levy.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	27 Oct 2011
S4W-02929	To ask the Scottish Executive when it introduced modern apprenticeships at SVQ level 2.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	17 Oct 2011
S4W-02930	To ask the Scottish Executive how many SVQ level 2 courses are currently recognised as modern apprenticeships.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	17 Oct 2011
S4M-01037	Gaels le Chéile	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	07 Oct 2011
S4W-02828	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will agree a vesting date for land subject to compulsory purchase order in respect of the A8 Newhouse to Baillieston upgrade.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	29 Sep 2011
S4W-02827	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the District Valuer has been instructed to commence the resolution of compensation cases for landowners who were advised in 2007 that their land would be subject	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	29 Sep 2011
S4W-02826	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-02518 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 September 2011 and in light of the comments made by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing o	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	29 Sep 2011
S4W-02518	To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have published an equal pay review since 1999.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	15 Sep 2011
S4M-00853	Waste Management 1 linked amendment	McMahon, Michael	Motion Motion For Debate	15 Sep 2011
S4M-00802	FMC Technologies Shows the Way	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	07 Sep 2011
S4M-00693	Funding in Uddingston and Bellshill from Awards for All	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	18 Aug 2011
S4M-00661	Viewpark VIPs	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	15 Aug 2011
S4O-00070	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to review its position on sentencing for knife crime.	McMahon, Michael	Question Portfolio Question	23 Jun 2011
S4W-00358	To ask the Scottish Executive which delegated planning appeal decisions referred to the Reporter under the Town and Country Planning (Determination of Appeals by Appointed Persons) (Prescribed Classes	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2011
S4W-00357	To ask the Scottish Executive how many delegated planning appeal decisions referred to the Reporter under the Town and Country Planning (Determination of Appeals by Appointed Persons) (Prescribed Clas	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2011
S4F-00038	To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government remains confident in the costings for a five year council tax freeze set out in the SNP 2011 election manifesto.	McMahon, Michael	Question First Minister's Question	09 Jun 2011
S4W-00131	To ask the Scottish Executive how many Careers Scotland offices have (a) closed or (b) relocated to Jobcentre Plus offices in each year since May 2007.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	02 Jun 2011
S4W-00133	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the analysis, reported to have been written by the Chief Economic Adviser to the Scottish Government in 2009, of the financial implications of the pr	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	02 Jun 2011
S4W-00129	To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern apprenticeships have been taken up by (a) school leavers, (b) people claiming jobseeker's allowance, (c) people in training and (d) people in employment i	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	02 Jun 2011
S4W-00132	To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent in legal fees relating to the freedom of information request regarding the advice that it received on its proposed local income tax.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	02 Jun 2011
S4O-00002	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to review planning regulations regarding waste incinerators.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	02 Jun 2011
S4W-00130	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of modern apprenticeships have been filled by (a) school leavers, (b) people claiming jobseeker's allowance, (c) people in training and (d) people in empl	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	01 Jun 2011
S4W-00135	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will consult on the options for its proposed alternative to council tax benefit.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2011
S4W-00136	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has carried out an analysis of what the impact would be on each local authority of a 10% reduction in council tax benefit.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2011
S4W-00134	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had discussions with (a) the UK Government and (b) COSLA regarding the abolition and replacement of council tax benefit.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	31 May 2011
S3M-08120.1	Local Services	McMahon, Michael	Motion Motion For Debate	10 Mar 2011
S3W-39799	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of new disposal techniques for human remains such as resomation, cryomation and promession.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	09 Mar 2011
S3W-38488	To ask the Scottish Executive how many times ministers, or officials acting on their behalf, have written to conveners to clarify or correct oral evidence given at committee in each year since 2005, b	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2011
S3M-07735.4	Protecting Public Services	McMahon, Michael	Motion Motion For Debate	20 Jan 2011
S3W-37332	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend planning regulations in order to help restrict the installation of mobile telephone base stations.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	18 Nov 2010
S3W-34218	To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost has been of supporting the work of the Council of Economic Advisers, including travel and hotel costs.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	19 Oct 2010
S3W-34325	To ask the Scottish Executive how the new carers and young carers strategies will address the funding challenges faced by carers and young carers projects and organisations across the country.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Jun 2010
S3W-34324	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will acknowledge the work of carers organisations and young carers projects and ensure the sustainability of the support that these organisations offer to unpaid c	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Jun 2010
S3W-34322	To ask the Scottish Executive how the planned new carers and young carers strategies will support the sustainability of carers organisations.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Jun 2010
S3W-34327	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that local authorities (a) take on board and (b) implement the new carers and young carers strategies.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	21 Jun 2010
S3W-34326	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Carers’ Information Strategy funding will continue in 2011-12.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	21 Jun 2010
S3W-34323	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will recognise the contribution of unpaid carers and young carers during Carers Week and beyond.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	21 Jun 2010
S3W-34321	To ask the Scottish Executive when the new carers and young carers strategies will be published.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	21 Jun 2010
S3W-34219	To ask the Scottish Executive how many recommendations the Council of Economic Advisers has made to the Scottish Government; how many it agrees with, and how many it has implemented.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2010
S3W-32766	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects work to begin on the M74 Raith interchange upgrade.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	22 Apr 2010
S3W-32765	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects work to begin on the Newhouse to Baillieston M8 upgrade.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	22 Apr 2010
S3W-31804	To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has allocated for spending in 2010-11 on advertising in relation to the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	10 Mar 2010
S3W-31803	To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spent in 2009-10 on advertising in relation to the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	10 Mar 2010
S3W-32011	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidance to NHS boards on consulting communities in relation to proposed closures of branch surgeries.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	05 Mar 2010
S3W-31274	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30739 by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 January 2010, what baseline data the Directorate of Equalities and Planning of NHS Health Scotland h	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Feb 2010
S3W-31272	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30741 by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 January 2010, what opportunities were provided to organisations across Scotland’s voluntary sector t	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Feb 2010
S3W-31271	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30741 by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 January 2010, what specialist advice has been provided by the community and voluntary organisations	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Feb 2010
S3W-31270	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30741 by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 January 2010, what the views of the public involved in the work of the Directorate of Equalities and	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Feb 2010
S3W-31268	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30737 by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 January 2010, in what six areas compliance by NHS boards with legal equality duties was most frequen	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Feb 2010
S3W-31273	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-30742 by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 January 2010, what action the Directorate of Equalities and Planning of NHS Health Scotland took to	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	15 Feb 2010
S3W-31269	To ask the Scottish Executive what systems NHS Health Scotland has inhouse for monitoring the effectiveness of its corporate communications activity with MSPs; what changes have been made recently as	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	15 Feb 2010
S3M-05424	Save Our Steelworks	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	15 Dec 2009
S3W-28234	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it includes Uddingston Grammar School as one of the 236 new or refurbished schools completed since May 2007 referred to in its news release, School building progr	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Oct 2009
S3M-05050	Give All Racism in Scottish Football the Boot	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	23 Oct 2009
S3O-08149	To ask the Scottish Executive whether any pupils will be taught in schools announced as being in the initial phase of its school rebuilding programme in the current parliamentary term.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	08 Oct 2009
S3O-07930	To ask the Scottish Executive what organisations it consulted before changing the code of practice in relation to Part 5 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 and whether these are the sam	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	24 Sep 2009
S3M-04811	The Children's Hearings (Legal Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2009	McMahon, Michael	Motion Bureau Motion	09 Sep 2009
S3W-26470	To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £5.6 million allocated in relation to its Race Equality Scheme 2008-2011 has been allocated to projects representing the Irish community in Scotland.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	08 Sep 2009
S3W-26469	To ask the Scottish Executive how many Irish organisations in Scotland it has contacted in order to promote dialogue about identity and the meaning of multiculturalism or pluralism in modern-day Scotl	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	08 Sep 2009
S3W-26499	To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards have published an equal pay review.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	04 Sep 2009
S3W-26498	To ask the Scottish Executive how many black and minority ethnic staff identified themselves in last year’s NHS staff survey as having experienced bullying or harassment.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	04 Sep 2009
S3W-26497	To ask the Scottish Executive how many female staff identified themselves in last year’s NHS staff survey as having experienced bullying or harassment.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	04 Sep 2009
S3W-26496	To ask the Scottish Executive how many disabled staff identified themselves in last year’s NHS staff survey as having experienced bullying or harassment	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	04 Sep 2009
S3W-26495	To ask the Scottish Executive how many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff identified themselves in last year’s NHS staff survey as having experienced bullying or harassment.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	04 Sep 2009
S3O-07675	To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions ministers have had with North Lanarkshire Council to discuss the implications of the Zero Waste Plan.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	03 Sep 2009
S3M-04490	Calman Commission Report 1 linked amendment	McMahon, Michael	Motion Motion For Debate	25 Jun 2009
S3O-07446	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the capital projects planned in NHS Lanarkshire’s A Picture of Health modernisation programme will be completed in the timescale agreed when the proposals were f	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	18 Jun 2009
S3O-07119	To ask the Scottish Executive whether all NHS boards have submitted equality impact assessments.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	28 May 2009
S3W-23357	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects that a decision will be made on the proposed A8 Mossend rail freight terminal development.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	14 May 2009
S3O-06736	To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the economic implications for Glasgow and Scotland of any Scottish football clubs playing in the English Premier League.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	30 Apr 2009
S3O-06624	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to meet its pledge of a maximum class size of 18 for primaries one to three.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	23 Apr 2009
S3W-22668	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the Registration Office in Bellshill to have its family history section able to go on-line.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	21 Apr 2009
S3M-03828	10th Anniversary of Alex Salmond's Unpardonable Folly	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	27 Mar 2009
S3W-19866	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it recognises that the eligibility criteria for the national concessionary travel scheme exclude people on the lower rate mobility component of the Disability Liv	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	04 Feb 2009
S3W-19865	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will deliver the policy intentions of the national concessionary travel scheme to people who are unable to use conventional buses.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	04 Feb 2009
S3W-19859	To ask the Scottish Executive how it is ensuring that the additional costs faced by families living with disability are addressed in its work to tackle child poverty.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	30 Jan 2009
S3W-19862	To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to ensure that information on charges and financial assessments for people who use community care services is clear and accessible.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Jan 2009
S3W-19861	To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to ensure fair, consistent and transparent charging policies for community care.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	26 Jan 2009
S3W-19864	To ask the Scottish Executive how its work on the Getting Fit for the Future programme took account of the current and projected need for accessible housing and what is being done to meet this need.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2009
S3W-19863	To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that disabled people are consulted when the services that they use are being put out to tender.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2009
S3W-19860	To ask the Scottish Executive how the Early Years Framework will support parents and enable families to maximise disabled children’s abilities in every local authority area.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	22 Jan 2009
S3W-19126	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to legally require producers of compost to publish warnings of the risk of Legionella longbeachae on their packaging.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	14 Jan 2009
S3W-19125	To ask the Scottish Executive what sources were identified in any recorded cases of Legionella longbeachae.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	14 Jan 2009
S3W-19124	To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of Legionella longbeachae were recorded in (a) 2008 and (b) 2003 to 2007 inclusive.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	14 Jan 2009
S3W-18523	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had discussions with the football authorities and individual clubs about the way in which Remembrance Day is marked, in the light of any implications for p	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	18 Dec 2008
S3W-18522	To ask the Scottish Executive what role it considers that the Scotland football team plays in promoting sports participation rates and whether it has had discussions with the Scottish Football Associa	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	16 Dec 2008
S3W-18521	To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the value of Scotland’s economic, sporting and other cultural links with Argentina and how this compares with the value of such links with En	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	16 Dec 2008
S3M-03044	SQA School Candidate of the Year	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	04 Dec 2008
S3M-02791	Congratulations to the Bellshill Speaker on Remember our Heroes: Past and Present Campaign	McMahon, Michael	Motion Standard Motion	29 Oct 2008
S3M-02767.1	British-Irish Council	McMahon, Michael	Motion Motion For Debate	29 Oct 2008
S3M-02762.1	All Citizens Equal	McMahon, Michael	Motion Amendment	29 Oct 2008
S3M-02137	Living and Dying with Advanced Heart Failure	McMahon, Michael	Motion Members' Business Motion	09 Oct 2008
S3O-04515	To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is in respect of allocation to directorates of additional resources arising from Barnett consequentials.	McMahon, Michael	Question General Question	09 Oct 2008
S3W-15076	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-13167 and S3W-11423 by Stewart Maxwell and S3W-14431 by Bruce Crawford on 30 May, 24 April and 14 July 2008 respectively, using t	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	08 Aug 2008
S3W-14895	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to issue its determination on the current Uddingston Grammar School planning application.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	06 Aug 2008
S3W-14431	To ask the Scottish Executive what dictionary definition of “total” it uses when responding to parliamentary questions.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	14 Jul 2008
S3W-13958	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all official visits made by ministers, including the First Minister, from 17 May 2007 to 31 May 2008, broken down by (a) date of visit, (b) constitue	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2008
S3W-13834	To ask the Scottish Executive how many installations under the central heating programme were completed in the public sector in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2006-07, broken down by postal code area.	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	12 Jun 2008
S3W-13168	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the total number of central heating systems installed under the central heating programme in 2005-06 was higher than in 2006-07, combining the figures for both pr	McMahon, Michael	Question Written Question	30 May 2008

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Motion

Sadness at the Death of Duncan McSporran

S4M-16019 · Standard Motion · lodged by McMahon, Michael

Lodged on

22 Mar 2016

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That the Parliament notes with sadness the passing of the former Scotland Director of the Engineering Development Trust (EDT), Duncan McSporran; notes what it sees as Duncan's work in founding the EDT in Scotland, developing its education and business partnerships and positioning it as the country's leading provider of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education; acknowledges that he helped develop local authority partnerships with universities, colleges and over 200 business; recognises his legacy in the development of STEM education for 11 to 21-year-olds, and is grateful for his legacy, which, it believes, will continue to be of benefit to over 10,000 young Scots each year.

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Supported by 12 additional MSPs

SNP 7 Lab 5

Lodged by McMahon, Michael (Scottish Labour).

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S4M-16019
22 Mar 2016 · Standard Motion · McMahon, Michael

That the Parliament notes with sadness the passing of the former Scotland Director of the Engineering Development Trust (EDT), Duncan McSporran; notes what it sees as Duncan's work in founding the EDT in Scotland, developing its education and business partnerships and positioning it as the country's leading provider of science, technology, engineering and...