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-09172
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 September 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the cost of accreditation is an impediment to companies considering being solar water heating installers.
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Question reference: S4W-09171
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 September 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether the standardisation of the equipment used in solar water heating installations could reduce consumer costs.
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Question reference: S4W-09174
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 September 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that requiring solar water heating on every new residential build would make it more affordable.
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Question reference: S4W-09173
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 September 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of potential benefits to manufacturers of solar water heating systems if demand were to increase by (a) 10%, (b) 20% and (c) 50%.
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Question reference: S4W-09013
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 4 September 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of (a) 16 and (b) 17-year olds is in (a) education and (b) apprenticeships
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Question reference: S4W-09012
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 28 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what public interest tests must be met before the compulsory purchase of land by a public body can proceed; where details of these tests are available and what review procedures there are.
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Question reference: S4W-08714
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances a track, road or private way intended primarily for forestry purposes could be created or materially improved, upgraded or otherwise altered without needing regulatory consent.
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Question reference: S4W-08529
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 25 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether the £120 million that it announced on 25 June 2012 for broadband improvements in the Highlands and Islands is additional to the £10 million previously announced for the area.
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Question reference: S4W-08037
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how rural off-gas grid householders will qualify for the proposed national retrofit programme.
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Question reference: S4W-07969
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what crofting and other agricultural estates it owns and how many hectares each comprises.
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