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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 2 April 2025
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Question reference: S4O-03101

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be on businesses of a Scottish postal service in the event of independence.

Question reference: S4W-20322

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how the UK-wide universal service obligation would be maintained if it renationalised the Royal Mail in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-20318

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the cost of renationalising the Royal Mail in the event of a Yes vote in the independence referendum.

Question reference: S4W-20324

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the additional cost of running a separate postal service in an independent Scotland if it renationalised the Royal Mail.

Question reference: S4W-20319

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what timescale it has set for the renationalisation of the Royal Mail in the event of a Yes vote in the independence referendum.

Question reference: S4W-20320

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government by what mechanism it will renationalise the Royal Mail in Scotland in the event of a Yes vote in the independence referendum.

Question reference: S4W-20321

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Royal Mail regarding its proposals to renationalise the company in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-20323

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any additional cost to businesses in Scotland of a separate postal service in an independent Scotland and no UK-wide universal service obligation.

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.

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.