Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S4W-17485
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Ministers can delegate final decisions on approving compulsory purchase orders and, if so, to whom.
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Question reference: S4W-17481
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many compulsory purchase orders for land were requested by each (a) local authority and (b) Scottish Government agency in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2011 and (iv) 2012 and how many were approved by the Scottish Ministers.
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Question reference: S4W-17483
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what account the Scottish Ministers must take of the public interest when considering the approval of compulsory purchase orders and what other criteria they must meet.
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Question reference: S4W-17482
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 8 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether a site can be designated as a (a) site of special scientific interest and (b) special protection area without the approval of the Scottish Ministers.
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Question reference: S4F-01622
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 October 2013
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government plans to implement a wage rise for NHS workers in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-17455
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-16862 by Alex Neil on 18 September 2013, how many new programmes have been funded since 1 January 2010.
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Question reference: S4W-17461
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to introduce the road equivalent tariff scheme for all vehicles using (a) south west and (b) Clyde services.
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Question reference: S4W-17460
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to reinstate the road equivalent tariff scheme for all vehicles using Western Isles services.
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Question reference: S4O-02455
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all schools have adequate internet connections.
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Question reference: S4W-16860
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that it complies with a requirement to meet the public interest when the matters to be considered in doing so are not laid out in the relevant legislation.
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