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-13193
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 28 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce Scotland's carbon footprint.
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Question reference: S4W-12879
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers worked on the paper, Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a Written Constitution, and how long they spent working on it.
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Question reference: S4W-12880
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it consulted anyone external to the civil service when drafting the paper, Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a Written Constitution.
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Question reference: S4W-13191
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 25 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what impact oil and gas sector production has on its plans to reduce Scotland's carbon footprint.
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Question reference: S4W-12994
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the average single bus fare is and how this compares with 2006-07.
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Question reference: S4O-01841
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports students wanting to go into postgraduate education.
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Question reference: S4O-01783
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that patients requiring radiotherapy after surgery receive it as soon as possible.
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Question reference: S4O-01748
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to involve communities in the decision-making process in relation to new special protection areas required under EU directives.
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Question reference: S4W-12235
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 25 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when Protected Geographical Indicator status for Stornoway black pudding is expected to be granted.
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Question reference: S4W-12160
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 180 jobs referred to on page 84 of the Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13 Gamesa has created at its offshore wind technology centre at Strathclyde Business Park.
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