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-02176
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what investment it has made to address flooding problems on the Glasgow to Edinburgh rail line.
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Question reference: S4W-02178
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what rail routes, including those connecting with the rest of the United Kingdom, have been identified as vulnerable as a result of climate change.
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Question reference: S4W-02271
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances would it allow a local development plan to contradict the national planning framework.
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Question reference: S4W-02272
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances would it permit a local planning authority to reconsider the need for a development identified in the national planning framework when (a) preparing development plans and (b) responding to individual project proposals.
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Question reference: S4O-00138
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure the financial viability of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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Question reference: S4W-02115
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 31 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to publish a report on emissions attributable to consumption of goods and services for 2010, as required by section 37 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-02114
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 26 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring it is conducting on the use of business rates discounts specified in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-02110
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 26 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment has had with Cabinet colleagues to facilitate Scottish Water becoming a renewable energy generator and on the extent to which this could contribute to meeting the annual targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-02109
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment has had with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth on ensuring that the next Budget (Scotland) Bill increases funding for peatland restoration and the extent to which this could contribute to meeting annual targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-02107
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment has had with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth to ensure that the next Budget (Scotland) Bill fully funds the implementation of policies and proposals contained in the report, Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting the Emissions Reduction Targets 2010-2022: the Report on Proposals and Policies.
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