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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 22 December 2024
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Question reference: S3W-21798

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) maternal and (b) neonatal fatalities there have been in each year since 1999, also expressed as a proportion of births in each year. 

Question reference: S3W-21143

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the condition rating of each primary and secondary school building for each local authority in the west of Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-21142

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 17 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to answer to question S3W-20360 by Jim Mather on 11 February 2009, whether it will list the (a) total population of people of all ages, (b) number of staff employed and (c) ratio of local authority employees to total head of population in each local authority.

Question reference: S3W-21145

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what services have been removed from each hospital in the NHS (a) Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) Ayrshire and Arran areas since 1997 and when each was removed.

Question reference: S3W-21586

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-20359 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 February 2009, whether it will provide figures for the year ending 31 December 2008 and, if these figures are not available, when they will become available.

Question reference: S3W-21521

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that drinking water from coolers at (a) schools, (b) leisure centres, (c) hospitals and care homes and (d) companies from all sectors meet safety and hygiene standards.

Question reference: S3O-06173

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 12 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings it has had with inter-governmental organisations in the last six months.

Question reference: S3W-21144

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on what drugs and health care treatments are available to NHS patients in England or Wales but not available to NHS patients in Scotland.

Question reference: S3O-06076

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive , in light of the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde board meeting on 24 February 2009, what action has been agreed to resolve the dispute over the future of St Margaret of Scotland Hospice.

Question reference: S3W-21312

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the retailers and retail interest groups that it consulted directly regarding proposals to introduce new restrictions on tobacco vending machines.