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: S4F-02016
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 31 March 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 April 2014
To ask the First Minister whether Police Scotland has been subject to sufficient public accountability in its first year of operation.
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Question reference: S4W-20027
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether Forestry Commission compensatory planting is done on a like-for-like basis, replanting the same species that was felled.
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Question reference: S4W-20028
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how much woodland is being planted by the private sector supported by Scottish Government grants in order to meet its target of 10,000 hectares of new woodland per year.
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Question reference: S4W-20026
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to make compensatory planting compulsory for landowners who remove woodland to make room for wind turbines.
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Question reference: S4W-19986
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 13 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, following the passage of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, whether it considers that no teacher has a duty to promote or endorse a particular view of marriage nor will have under any revised guidance in the future.
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Question reference: S4W-19984
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 13 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, following the passing of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, whether teachers and pupils are free to openly and clearly express any disagreement with same-sex marriage in schools.
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Question reference: S4W-19985
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 13 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, following the passing of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, what its position is on whether teachers who disagree with same-sex marriage should be pressurised to promote same-sex marriage in the classroom.
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Question reference: S4W-19983
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 13 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, following the passing of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, whether it considers that no teacher should be required to use materials that actively promote a particular view of marriage.
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Question reference: S4W-19969
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many vaccines in the current childhood vaccination schedule are manufactured using cell culture technology.
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Question reference: S4W-19878
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government which datasets it would consult in the case of an early review of IVF access criteria.