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Showing 260 of 1,097 matching items. Latest 30 days: 48.

Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S4M-16010	10 Years of the Smoking Ban 1 linked amendment	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	21 Mar 2016
S4M-15942	Renfrewshire Mental Health Charity Awarded £10,000 from Big Lottery Fund	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	15 Mar 2016
S4W-29827	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2016
S4M-15804	No Smoking Day 2016	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	02 Mar 2016
S4O-05566	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	24 Feb 2016
S4M-15698	Sporting Success for Eastwood High School	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	22 Feb 2016
S4W-29443	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	01 Feb 2016
S4W-29255	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	26 Jan 2016
S4M-15216	Holocaust Memorial Day 2016	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Members' Business Motion	26 Jan 2016
S4M-15111	Protecting Children from Harmful Content Online	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Members' Business Motion	14 Jan 2016
S4O-05244	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	13 Jan 2016
S4O-05209	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	06 Jan 2016
S4M-15163	Barrhead Success at 2015 Surf Awards	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	11 Dec 2015
S4M-15060	Celebration of the Festival of Chanukah	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	03 Dec 2015
S4M-15004	BEMIS Celebrates Scotland’s Winter Festivals 2015-16	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	30 Nov 2015
S4M-14944	Funding for BBC Scotland	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	24 Nov 2015
S4W-28389	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2015
S4W-28388	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2015
S4W-28387	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2015
S4W-28386	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2015
S4M-14902	Improvements in the Early Detection of Lung Cancer	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	18 Nov 2015
S4M-14896	Congratulations to East Renfrewshire GirlGuiding	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	18 Nov 2015
S4M-14887	Congratulations to the Awards Network	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	17 Nov 2015
S4M-14824	Action for Children's 60th Anniversary	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	12 Nov 2015
S4M-14823	Eastwood High School Success at the Kelvingrove Annual Art Competition	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	12 Nov 2015
S4M-14740	Education (Scotland) Bill	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Committee Motion	05 Nov 2015
S4M-14729	Congratulations to Andrew Paton on his Bravery Award from the Chief Coastguard	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	04 Nov 2015
S4M-14723	Road to Rio	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	04 Nov 2015
S4M-14645	Launch of the Scottish Care Leavers Covenant	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	29 Oct 2015
S4M-14631	Tobacco-Free Schools	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	28 Oct 2015
S4M-14558	Direct Flight Routes between Glasgow and Barbados	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	21 Oct 2015
S4M-14550	Scotland’s Performance at the 2015 Rugby World Cup	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	20 Oct 2015
S4M-14520	Congratulations to Eastwood Photographic Society	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	15 Oct 2015
S4M-14470	50th Anniversary of Cross Arthurlie Primary School	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	07 Oct 2015
S4M-14438	University of the West of Scotland Student Wins International Federation of Environmental Health Award	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	01 Oct 2015
S4O-04620	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	23 Sep 2015
S4M-14317	Pension Credit for Members of Enclosed Religious Orders	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	21 Sep 2015
S4M-14124	Family Engagement in Children’s Learning	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	02 Sep 2015
S4M-14057	Smoking Rates Fall in Scotland	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	26 Aug 2015
S4M-13995	Tobacco Companies and FOI Requests	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	20 Aug 2015
S4W-26719	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2015
S4W-26707	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	10 Aug 2015
S4W-26735	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	04 Aug 2015
S4M-13829	The Herald Higher Education Awards	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	24 Jul 2015
S4M-13598	ScottishPower Supporting Communities	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	22 Jun 2015
S4F-02776	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question First Minister's Question	06 May 2015
S4O-04293	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	06 May 2015
S4M-13092	SFRS Contribution to Nepalese Earthquake Relief	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	05 May 2015
S4M-13081	East Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	05 May 2015
S4O-04267	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	30 Apr 2015
S4W-25066	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Inspired Question	25 Mar 2015
S4O-04165	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	25 Mar 2015
S4M-12772	Remembering the Cheapside Street Disaster	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	23 Mar 2015
S4O-04110	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	11 Mar 2015
S4M-12455	West of Scotland’s Higgs Prize Success	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	06 Mar 2015
S4M-12418	Eastwood Health Centre	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	24 Feb 2015
S4M-12417	Park Church Giffnock 75th Anniversary	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	24 Feb 2015
S4M-12416	Neilston War Memorial	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	24 Feb 2015
S4W-24173	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	09 Feb 2015
S4M-11995	Holocaust Memorial Day 2015	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Members' Business Motion	27 Jan 2015
S4M-12148	Crackdown against Creationism	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	23 Jan 2015
S4M-11504	Barrhead Community Fire Station's 50th Anniversary	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	11 Nov 2014
S4M-11165	World Osteoporosis Day 2014	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	09 Oct 2014
S4W-22399	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	11 Sep 2014
S4O-03431	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	06 Aug 2014
S4W-21992	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	06 Aug 2014
S4M-10707	Gender Segregation at Higher Learning Institutions Declared Unlawful	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	01 Aug 2014
S4M-10706	10,000 Steps a Day Challenge	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	31 Jul 2014
S4M-10612	Scot Who Brought Football to Brazil Honoured in Rio	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	15 Jul 2014
S4M-10542	740th Anniversary of the Birth of Robert the Bruce	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	03 Jul 2014
S4M-10288	ESU Scotland Juniors Debating Final 2013-14	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	11 Jun 2014
S4M-10235	East Renfrewshire Welcomes Queen's Baton Relay	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	05 Jun 2014
S4M-10113	World Blood Donor Day 2014	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	21 May 2014
S4M-10070	James Hutton, Father of Geology	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	15 May 2014
S4O-03221	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	14 May 2014
S4M-09762	One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Anniversary of Birth of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	22 Apr 2014
S4M-09666	World Health Day 2014	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	08 Apr 2014
S4M-09574	Renfrewshire Leisure Ltd Workers' Pay Restructuring	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	01 Apr 2014
S4M-09479	Take it Right Outside	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	25 Mar 2014
S4W-20253	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 Mar 2014
S4O-03026	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	19 Mar 2014
S4M-09344	Opening of John Muir Way	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	13 Mar 2014
S4M-09283	40 Years of the Glasgow Coma Scale	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	10 Mar 2014
S4M-09233	Parliament Welcomes Reopening of Giffnock Library	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	04 Mar 2014
S4M-09232	World TB Day 2014	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	04 Mar 2014
S4M-09134	World Book Day 2014	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	24 Feb 2014
S4O-02919	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	20 Feb 2014
S4M-09100	Glasgow Jewish Representative Council Centenary	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	20 Feb 2014
S4M-08600	Holocaust Memorial Day 2014	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Members' Business Motion	28 Jan 2014
S4M-08765	Big Brownie Birthday, 100 Years Old	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	14 Jan 2014
S4O-02768	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	09 Jan 2014
S4O-02724	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	18 Dec 2013
S4M-08635	The Heritage Lottery Fund Project First World War, Then and Now	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Members' Business Motion	17 Dec 2013
S4W-18683	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	17 Dec 2013
S4M-08480	Decision Making on Whether to Take Children into Care	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Committee Motion	05 Dec 2013
S4M-08465	Congratulations to Strathleven Artizans on Reconstructing the Great Throne of Bruce	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	02 Dec 2013
S4M-08419	Universities UK Guidance on Gender Segregation at Scottish Institutes of Higher Education	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	26 Nov 2013
S4M-08195	East Renfrewshire CHCP Helping to Tackle Smoking	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	05 Nov 2013
S4M-08164	Commemorating the Victims of Kristallnacht	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	04 Nov 2013
S4M-08163	HMRC Falls Short on Tobacco Smuggling	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	04 Nov 2013
S4M-07990	Support for Plain Packaging of Cigarettes	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	10 Oct 2013
S4M-07966	House Fires Fall to Lowest Level	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	08 Oct 2013
S4M-07789	World Osteoporosis Day	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	23 Sep 2013
S4M-07788	Global Handwashing Day	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	23 Sep 2013
S4O-02404	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	19 Sep 2013
S4M-07757	Five Years of the East Renfrewshire Food and Drink Festival	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	19 Sep 2013
S4M-07736	East Renfrewshire Mental Health Arts and Film Festival	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	18 Sep 2013
S4M-07683	Malaysia Fights Back against Free-trade Tobacco	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	12 Sep 2013
S4W-17086	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Inspired Question	12 Sep 2013
S4M-07664	Translation of Tintin Adventure into Scots and Gaelic	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	11 Sep 2013
S4W-16707	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	10 Sep 2013
S4M-07563	World Environmental Health Day	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	02 Sep 2013
S4M-07518	World First Aid Day 2013	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	26 Aug 2013
S4M-07460	International Literacy Day, 8 September 2013	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	19 Aug 2013
S4W-15809	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	17 Jul 2013
S4M-07276	Scottish National War Memorial	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	12 Jul 2013
S4M-07240	Decline of Capercaillie Population in the Trossachs and Loch Lomond	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	05 Jul 2013
S4O-02289	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	20 Jun 2013
S4M-07049	Protecting Children from Harmful Media Content	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Members' Business Motion	18 Jun 2013
S4M-06979	New Restrictions on Electronic Cigarettes	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	12 Jun 2013
S4M-06910	The Scottish Directors of Public Health and E-cigarettes	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	07 Jun 2013
S4M-06872	Smoking Cessation Services for Pregnant Women	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	05 Jun 2013
S4M-06854	St Luke's High School Finalist in Scottish Education Awards	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	04 Jun 2013
S4M-06842	Glasgow Airport's Safety Success	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	03 Jun 2013
S4M-06761	Renewable Energy Investment in the West of Scotland	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	28 May 2013
S4M-06733	Erskine Week	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	23 May 2013
S4M-06704	Giffnock Soccer Centre Charity Bike Ride	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	22 May 2013
S4O-02109	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	15 May 2013
S4O-02091	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	08 May 2013
S4W-14384	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Inspired Question	24 Apr 2013
S4M-06333	St Vincent's Hospice is 25 Years Old	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	23 Apr 2013
S4M-06290	Sympathy for Victims of Boston Marathon Bombing	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	22 Apr 2013
S4W-13929	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Inspired Question	27 Mar 2013
S4M-06105	Cosgrove Care Supported Employment Project	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	26 Mar 2013
S4M-06000	World Immunisation Week	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	19 Mar 2013
S4M-05968	National Trust for Scotland Easter Festivities	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	15 Mar 2013
S4M-05940	The UK's First Difgen Turbine by Scottish Water	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	13 Mar 2013
S4W-12851	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	05 Mar 2013
S4O-01852	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	28 Feb 2013
S4M-05674	No Smoking Day 2013	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	19 Feb 2013
S4O-01789	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	07 Feb 2013
S4M-05576	Rival Nations in Aid of the Homeless World Cup	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	05 Feb 2013
S4M-05546	World Thinking Day 2013	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	01 Feb 2013
S4W-11915	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	24 Jan 2013
S4O-01711	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	23 Jan 2013
S4W-11910	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2013
S4W-11909	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2013
S4W-11908	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	23 Jan 2013
S4M-05416	Holocaust Memorial Day 2013	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	21 Jan 2013
S4O-01703	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	17 Jan 2013
S4M-05389	Vikings!	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	16 Jan 2013
S4M-05382	40th Anniversary of Eastwood Park Theatre	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	16 Jan 2013
S4M-05342	Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Volunteers	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	10 Jan 2013
S4O-01616	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	13 Dec 2012
S4W-11536	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	12 Dec 2012
S4W-11659	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2012
S4W-10484	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	29 Nov 2012
S4W-10483	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	29 Nov 2012
S4W-11150	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	28 Nov 2012
S4W-11149	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	28 Nov 2012
S4W-10485	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	27 Nov 2012
S4M-04956	Congratulations to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	23 Nov 2012
S4M-04943	Celebration of Scotland’s Patron Saint	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	22 Nov 2012
S4W-11148	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2012
S4W-11147	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2012
S4F-00980	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question First Minister's Question	15 Nov 2012
S4M-04772	Retirement of Badminton Star Susan Egelstaff	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	09 Nov 2012
S4M-04765	Congratulations to Scottish Military Research Group	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	09 Nov 2012
S4O-01433	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	07 Nov 2012
S4W-10598	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	07 Nov 2012
S4W-10034	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	29 Oct 2012
S4W-10033	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	29 Oct 2012
S4M-04491	Woodfarm High School’s 50th Anniversary	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	17 Oct 2012
S4M-04465	East Renfrewshire Volunteers Week	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	11 Oct 2012
S4M-04388	Congratulations on 10 Years of Mary’s Meals Feeding Programmes	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	04 Oct 2012
S4M-04264	World Osteoporosis Day 2012	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	26 Sep 2012
S4W-09605	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 Sep 2012
S4O-01260	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	12 Sep 2012
S4O-01237	No title given	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Portfolio Question	05 Sep 2012
S4W-08887	To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage the recycling of food waste in schools.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	21 Aug 2012
S4W-08886	To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the amount of food waste produced by schools.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	21 Aug 2012
S4W-08885	To ask the Scottish Government how much food waste is produced by schools annually.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	21 Aug 2012
S4M-03828	NUS Scotland's Report, Unlocking Scotland's Potential	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	14 Aug 2012
S4W-08469	To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths there have been in each of the last five years in which the main cause of death was asthma, broken down by NHS board.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	27 Jul 2012
S4W-08470	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people with asthma there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	18 Jul 2012
S4W-08468	To ask the Scottish Executive how many days of hospitalisation have been associated with asthma in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	18 Jul 2012
S4W-08467	To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of treating asthma has been to the NHS in each of the last five years.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	18 Jul 2012
S4W-08304	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-08030 by Michael Russell on 26 June 2012, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) primary and (ii) secondary school pupils hav	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	17 Jul 2012
S4W-07955	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to exploit geothermal energy; what surveys it has carried out to find out the best sources of such energy, and whether it has commissioned studies of th	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	09 Jul 2012
S4W-08096	To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS boards have established a fracture liaison service.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	04 Jul 2012
S4W-07952	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to advertise the European emergency number, 112.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	03 Jul 2012
S4W-08103	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been diagnosed with anaphylaxis in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	02 Jul 2012
S4W-08097	To ask the Scottish Executive how many hip fractures there have been in each of the last five years broken down by (a) by gender and (b) NHS board.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	02 Jul 2012
S4W-08104	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in each NHS board area were diagnosed with wet macular degeneration in the last year for which information is available.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2012
S4W-08031	To ask the Scottish Executive what systems are in place to ensure that pupils removed from school in one area have their school records transferred to their new education authority when they move.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2012
S4W-08005	To ask the Scottish Executive whether its recent exercise to recruit volunteers to the Children's Hearings System attracted the requisite number of responses from male candidates.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2012
S4W-07961	To ask the Scottish Executive how many balloon kyphoplasty operations were carried out in each NHS board area in the last year for which information is available.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2012
S4W-07960	To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were diagnosed with vertebral compression fractures in each NHS board area in the last year for which information is available, broken down by gender.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2012
S4W-08027	To ask the Scottish Executive which projects have received funding and how much money each has received from the Scottish Veterans Fund in each of the last five years.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	27 Jun 2012
S4W-08026	To ask the Scottish Executive how much money it has given to Veterans Scotland in each year since 2007.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	27 Jun 2012
S4W-08024	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the action plans that are in place for specific diseases.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	27 Jun 2012
S4W-08030	To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) primary and (ii) secondary school pupils have been removed from school for more than two weeks in each of the last five academ	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	26 Jun 2012
S4W-08029	To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) primary and (ii) secondary school pupils have been excluded from school in each of the last five years, broken down by local a	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	26 Jun 2012
S4W-08028	To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) primary and (ii) secondary school pupils have had unauthorised absences in each of the last five years, broken down by local a	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	26 Jun 2012
S4W-08020	To ask the Scottish Executive how many campus-based police officers there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	26 Jun 2012
S4W-07954	To ask the Scottish Executive how many under 16-year-olds have been prescribed Ritalin in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	26 Jun 2012
S4W-07963	To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes have taken place in railway stations in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) type of crime, (b) local authority area and (c) time of day of the	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	26 Jun 2012
S4W-07938	To ask the Scottish Executive what the targets are for the implementation of the outcomes listed in The Honey Bee Health Strategy.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	26 Jun 2012
S4W-07953	To ask the Scottish Executive how many under 16-year-olds have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2012
S4W-07939	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) pre-school children and (b) children aged 5 to 15 have had (i) hearing tests and (ii) speech therapy in each of the last five years, broken down by (A) loca	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2012
S4W-07936	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider setting up a statistical database for Scotland similar to Statistics Finland.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2012
S4W-07809	To ask the Scottish Executive which Historic Scotland property in (a) Scotland and (b) West Scotland that is open (i) all year and (ii) in summer only and has (A) free and (B) paid for admission has h	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2012
S4W-07808	To ask the Scottish Executive how many Historic Scotland properties there are in West Scotland; how many offer free admission, and which are open (a) all year and (b) in summer only.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2012
S4W-07834	To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners there were in each of the last five years who had been assessed as having a mental illness, broken down by (a) gender and (b) age.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2012
S4W-07833	To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners there were in each of the last five years who had (a) literacy and (b) numeracy problems, broken down by (i) gender and (ii) age.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2012
S4W-07968	To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been paid out in legal aid in each of the last five years.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	22 Jun 2012
S4W-07812	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide the Scottish Public Health Observatory with the details required in relation to the parameter 0400 literacy rate of people aged 15 and over for th	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	22 Jun 2012
S4W-07835	To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners in each of the last five years were referred to the Enhanced Addiction Casework Service; how many received an (i) alcohol or (ii) drug intervention and	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	22 Jun 2012
S4W-07832	To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners there have been per 100,000 population in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age, (c) ethnicity, (d) religion and (e) national	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	22 Jun 2012
S4W-07831	To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age, (c) ethnicity, (d) religion and (e) nationality.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	22 Jun 2012
S4M-03439	Scottish School Cook of the Year	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	21 Jun 2012
S4W-07815	To ask the Scottish Executive when the first data for the child fluoride varnish 2014 HEAT target will be published.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	21 Jun 2012
S4M-03389	West of Scotland Big Lottery Funding	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	19 Jun 2012
S4W-07749	To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost is for the treatment of diabetes.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2012
S4W-07748	To ask the Scottish Executive how it encourages people who are undiagnosed or at risk of diabetes to seek early diagnosis.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2012
S4W-07747	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are diagnosed with diabetes and what the estimated number is of undiagnosed cases.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2012
S4W-07746	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to tackle type 2 diabetes among young people.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2012
S4W-07745	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it provides to the public regarding credit and debit card fraud.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	18 Jun 2012
S4W-07744	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to reduce incidences of credit and debit card fraud.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	18 Jun 2012
S4W-07743	To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents involving tampering with automated teller machines have been reported to the police in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	18 Jun 2012
S4W-07742	To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of credit and debit card fraud have been reported to the police in each of the last four years, broken down by local authority area.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	18 Jun 2012
S4M-03329	Scottish Education Awards 2012	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	15 Jun 2012
S4W-07807	To ask the Scottish Executive what role youth organisations play in supporting the learning and development of young people through the Curriculum for Excellence.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	15 Jun 2012
S4W-07598	To ask the Scottish Executive how many drink-drive convictions there have been in each of the last five years.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2012
S4W-07597	To ask the Scottish Executive how many wildlife crime convictions there have been in each of the last five years.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2012
S4W-07467	To ask the Scottish Executive how much traffic there has been on the VisitScotland website in each of the last five years, broken down by country.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2012
S4W-07466	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase translation services on the VisitScotland website.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2012
S4W-07594	To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has paid in private water supply grants in each of the last five years.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	12 Jun 2012
S4W-07331	To ask the Scottish Executive what the average national grid transmission charge is in each local authority area.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	12 Jun 2012
S4W-07596	To ask the Scottish Executive what rate of hospital discharges per 100,000 people with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease there has been in each of the last five years, broken down b	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2012
S4W-07595	To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital discharges with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2012
S4M-03254	Facing Dementia Together	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	08 Jun 2012
S4W-07387	To ask the Scottish Executive how many children meet the physical activity guidelines, broken down by gender.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2012
S4W-07386	To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults meet the physical activity guidelines, broken down by gender.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2012
S4W-07382	To ask the Scottish Executive how many school-age children have been classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2012
S4W-07381	To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under five have been classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2012
S4W-07380	To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults have been classified as (a) overweight and (b) obese in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2012
S4W-07468	To ask the Scottish Executive what online resources are available for learners of Gaelic.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	07 Jun 2012
S4W-07385	To ask the Scottish Executive how many school-age children consume five or more portions of fruit and vegetables daily, broken down by (a) gender and (b) Carstairs deprivation category.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	06 Jun 2012
S4W-07384	To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under five consume five or more portions of fruit and vegetables daily, broken down by (a) gender and (b) Carstairs deprivation category.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	06 Jun 2012
S4W-07383	To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults consume five or more portions of fruit and vegetables daily, broken down by (a) gender and (b) Carstairs deprivation category.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	06 Jun 2012
S4W-07322	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of recorded religious hate crimes in 2011-12 expressed as the number of incidents per 1,000 members of each religious affiliation.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	06 Jun 2012
S4O-01059	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve the support offered to the victims of crime.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question General Question	31 May 2012
S4W-07248	To ask the Scottish Executive how many hospital discharges there have been with a diagnosis of asthma in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	31 May 2012
S4M-03119	World No Tobacco Day 2012	Maxwell, Stewart	Motion Standard Motion	30 May 2012
S4W-07206	To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of tuberculosis have been identified in educational establishments in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board area and (b) local authorit	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	28 May 2012
S4W-07207	To ask the Scottish Executive how many diagnoses of tuberculosis there have been in prisons in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board area.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 May 2012
S4W-07203	To ask the Scottish Executive what the rate of tuberculosis has been per 100,000 population in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) sex and (c) age.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 May 2012
S4W-07202	To ask the Scottish Executive how many diagnoses of tuberculosis there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) sex and (c) age.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 May 2012
S4W-07159	To ask the Scottish Executive what projects in the West Scotland region have received funding from the Short Breaks Fund.	Maxwell, Stewart	Question Written Question	25 May 2012

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Motion

10 Years of the Smoking Ban

S4M-16010 · Standard Motion · lodged by Maxwell, Stewart

Lodged on

21 Mar 2016

Heard / answered on

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That the Parliament welcomes the 10th anniversary of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places in Scotland; considers that Scotland is at the forefront of the fight against passive smoking; hails what it sees as the immediate positive impact that the ban had on health in Scotland, with a 17% drop in hospital admissions for heart attacks in the first year after the legislation was introduced and a reduction in childhood asthma admissions of 18% per year as compared with a 5% increase per year in the years preceding the ban; recognises the continuing work that needs to be done to create a tobacco-free generation in Scotland by the Scottish Government’s target date of 2034, and congratulates ASH Scotland and all other organisations that are working to achieve this goal.

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Supported by 18 additional MSPs

SNP 12 Lab 4 LD 1 Ind 1

Lodged by Maxwell, Stewart (Scottish National Party).

No division on record. Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.

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S4M-16010
21 Mar 2016 · Standard Motion · Maxwell, Stewart

That the Parliament welcomes the 10th anniversary of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places in Scotland; considers that Scotland is at the forefront of the fight against passive smoking; hails what it sees as the immediate positive impact that the ban had on health in Scotland, with a 17% drop in hospital admissions for heart attacks in the first ye...
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S4M-16010.1
21 Mar 2016 · Amendment · Pearson, Graeme

As an amendment to motion S4M-16010 in the name of Stewart Maxwell (10 Years of the Smoking Ban), insert at end “, and remembers what it believes was the significant contribution made by the then Deputy Minister for Health and Community Health, the late Tom McCabe, who led the way in introducing the legislation that established the ban”.