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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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  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 April 2025
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Question reference: S2W-29657

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on recognising war veterans in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S2W-29141

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 17 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-27954 by Mr Tom McCabe on 18 October 2006, whether the answer indicates that it has recorded no dates for ministerial visits to the Scottish Borders since 1999 by (a) Robert Brown MSP, (b) Ross Finnie MSP, (c) George Lyon MSP, (d) Euan Robson MSP, (e) Tavish Scott MSP, (f) Iain Smith MSP, (g) Nicol Stephen MSP and (h) Jim Wallace MSP.

Question reference: S2W-29153

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it provided the funding for the recent cull of 18,000 partridges in East Lothian following an outbreak of Newcastle disease and, if so, what the cost was of the cull.

Question reference: S2W-29154

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 15 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what concerns it has in respect of the welfare standards of commercially reared game birds and the spread of Newcastle disease when birds are reared in close proximity, in light of the recent cull of partridges in East Lothian following an outbreak of the disease.

Question reference: S2W-29843

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2006
  • Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has been advised by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) of the date of publication of SCRA’s next annual report and, if so, when it received such advice.

Question reference: S2W-29124

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 14 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-28424 by Nicol Stephen on 6 October 2006, what total amount of public funds was specifically provided by Scottish Development International and its predecessors to inward investment projects in each year since 1996, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S2W-29134

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those journalists who receive copies of answers to parliamentary questions directly from the Scottish Executive’s Media and Communications Press Office at the same time that MSPs are notified of the answer, giving the news organisation which they represent and the dates when they were added to this distribution list.

Question reference: S2W-29140

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive how many ministerial visits to each local authority area have been made in each year since 1999 by (a) Robert Brown MSP, (b) Ross Finnie MSP, (c) George Lyon MSP, (d) Euan Robson MSP, (e) Tavish Scott MSP, (f) Iain Smith MSP, (g) Nicol Stephen MSP and (h) Jim Wallace MSP.

Question reference: S2W-29221

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 October 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time has been for an appointment with a psychologist in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S2W-28734

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2006
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 November 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been put in place to facilitate contact with, and supply of information between, the public in rural areas and the contractors which carry out trunk road maintenance and winter services.