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
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Question reference: S4W-21354
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on (a) repairing and (b) maintaining speed cameras in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-21355
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many speed cameras have been (a) replaced and (b) repaired due to vandalism, and at what cost, in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-21238
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recently-published research in the Journal of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, which suggests a connection between increasing levels of childhood vaccination and (a) type 1 diabetes and (b) autism.
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Question reference: S4W-21082
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on bulk purchasing flu vaccines in the last five years and how much it has saved by entering into joint-procurement contracts with the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S4W-21057
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what scientific evidence has been used to support the vaccination of primary school children with the nasally ingested Fluenz drug.
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Question reference: S4O-03225
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 14 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recent Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy, which suggests that there were statistically significantly lower levels of numerical attainment at both P4 and P7 in 2013 compared with 2011.
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Question reference: S4O-03205
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the implications of independence are for the oil and gas industry.
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Question reference: S4W-20480
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the overall megawatt capacity for (a) onshore and (b) offshore windfarms has been in each year since 2003.
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Question reference: S4W-20798
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-17346 and S4W-20321 by John Swinney on 10 October 2013 and 1 April 2014 respectively, who the “range of stakeholders” are that it has met regarding the postal service in an independent Scotland; on what dates the meetings took place, and whether it will produce the (a) agendas and (b) minutes of these.
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Question reference: S4O-03149
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to new research that shows there to be “no good evidence” that the Tamiflu vaccine reduces flu-related hospital admissions or the complications of influenza.