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: S4O-02662
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has conducted on red squirrel resistance to the pox virus.
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Question reference: S4O-02640
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies on fiscal sustainability in an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-18365
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has produced a maritime strategy similar to that of the Norwegian Government.
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Question reference: S4F-01695
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2013
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that statistics presented by Police Scotland are accurate.
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Question reference: S4O-02610
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the rights of academics at universities to express their views on the constitutional debate.
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Question reference: S4W-17757
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will amend the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 to specify that organisations opposed to same-sex marriage will not fail to meet the charity test because of this view.
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Question reference: S4W-17756
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, if same-sex marriage was introduced, what its position is on whether it would be appropriate for public sector employers to take into account the views on this of (a) applicants for posts and (b) staff when considering their suitability for employment.
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Question reference: S4W-17754
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will seek to amend the Equality Act 2010 to (a) include in the protected characteristic of religion or belief, support for the current definition of marriage and (b) ensure that people opposed to same-sex marriage should not experience any detriment because of their views.
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Question reference: S4W-17753
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will amend the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill to state that the current definition of marriage is a belief worthy of respect in a democratic society.
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Question reference: S4W-18055
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it will issue guidance to local authorities regarding the implementation of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013.