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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 11 January 2025
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Question reference: S4W-26247

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to simplify any regulations under its responsibility relating to underground coal gasification projects and what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding simplification of UK-level regulations.

Question reference: S4W-26248

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) calculate and (b) issue updated estimates of the coal resource that could be suitable for deep underground coal gasification development in Scottish locations as identified by the Coal Authority.

Question reference: S4W-26243

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the potential economic impact on Scotland’s petrochemicals sector of developing underground coal gasification.

Question reference: S4W-26241

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government to advance the recommendations in the DTI study, Creating the Coalmine of the 21st Century: The feasibility of UCG under the Firth of Forth (DTI/Pub URN 06/885), regarding developing underground coal gasification (UCG) projects in the Firth of Forth to strengthen Scottish energy security.

Question reference: S4W-26249

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met the Coal Authority to discuss the potential for Scotland to develop a deep underground coal gasification sector.

Question reference: S4W-26245

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with and what representations it has made to the Department of Energy and Climate Change working group on underground coal gasification.

Question reference: S4W-26222

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost of removing the seven day waiting period for benefits claims in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-26253

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has received regarding replacing the Longannet coal-fired plant with a new combined-cycle gas turbine plant.

Question reference: S4W-26225

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the effect on tax revenues of increasing the employment allowance for national insurance contributions.

Question reference: S4W-26218

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2015
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on public spending of an annual growth in the national minimum wage in Scotland of 5.5%.