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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

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  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 17 July 2024
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Question reference: S1W-00346

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 12 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to introduce a ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship.

Question reference: S1W-00120

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by John Home Robertson on 12 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to publish the distribution list used to circulate Scottish Office News Release 0553/99.

Question reference: S1W-00262

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 9 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will accept the recommendation of Chantrey Vellacott DFK that the rate of return should be published in all PFI contracts.

Question reference: S1W-00261

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 9 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends in future to publish the rate of return received by private sector investors in respect of each contract for a private finance initiative project on which public money is spent.

Question reference: S1W-00216

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review the law relating to sequestration in Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-00215

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 8 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to upgrade the A82, particularly the section between Tarbet and Inverarnan, and whether any upgrading would be affected by the proposed designation of the area as part of the Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

Question reference: S1W-00218

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 8 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends that the proposed policy of road tolls will apply to motorways, trunk routes and any other roads, and if so, whether the proposed tolls will apply to all roads within each category.

Question reference: S1W-00217

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 8 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an estimate of the proposed annual expenditure on the Lomond & Trossachs National Park, whether it will state from what source this annual expenditure will be funded and whether it proposes that any part of the expenditure will be met from road tolls and, if so, whether residents within the proposed National Park will require to pay these tolls.

Question reference: S1W-00211

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to upgrade the A95.

Question reference: S1W-00212

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 July 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to upgrade the remaining single track sections of the A830 Fort William to Mallaig Road.