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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

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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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 24 November 2024
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Question reference: S1W-11013

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 22 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of (a) solemn cases and (b) summary cases was for each of the last three years, listed by district and regional procurator fiscal's office.

Question reference: S1W-11014

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 22 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the number of cases marked "no proceedings" were for each district and regional procurator fiscal's office for each of the last three years.

Question reference: S1W-11012

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 22 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive, for each district and regional procurator fiscal's office, what the weighted workload was for each of the last three years and what the projections are for the next three years, and what the corresponding allocated resources are for each year.

Question reference: S1W-11011

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 22 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive why a Ministerial Statement was not made to announce the new safety improvement scheme for the fishing industry.

Question reference: S1W-10333

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 20 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether public authorities within its general responsibilities can apply for exemption from the Competition Act 1998 and whether it has any plans to make representations to Her Majesty's Government for such exemptions to apply to the water industry.

Question reference: S1W-09558

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 20 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in delivering aid to the pig sector.

Question reference: S1W-10493

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 October 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 20 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7968 by Mr John Home Robertson on 3 July 2000, when assistance will become available for the fish processing industry under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance; what plans it has for additional measures to assist the fish processing sector; whether these include any specific plans for assistance in response to the current level of white fish landings, and when any such additional assistance will be available.

Question reference: S1W-10479

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 20 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are currently employed in the fish processing industry, broken down by parliamentary region, and how many were employed in each region in each of the past three years.

Question reference: S1W-10480

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 20 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what the economic value was of the fish processing industry in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S1W-10482

  • Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 20 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how much government funding was made available to the fish processing industry in each of the last three years and what the nature was of any such funding.