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-12499
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had with the UK Government on the operation of the energy company obligation prior to the joint energy summit held on 24 January 2013.
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Question reference: S4W-12500
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it decided to issue the news release published on 23 January 2013 containing its six-point list of demands on fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S4W-12494
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason ministers did not appear to refer to the six-point list of demands on fuel poverty during the debate on 23 January 2013 (Official Report, c.14759), which were contained in its subsequent news release.
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Question reference: S4W-12502
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much time (a) officials and (b) special advisers spent on (i) developing the six-point list of demands on fuel poverty and (ii) checking the accuracy of the telephone hotline number contained in its news release on fuel poverty published on 23 January 2013.
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Question reference: S4W-12498
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its news release on fuel poverty of 23 January 2012, which called for information on the operation of the energy company obligation to be put in the public domain, whether it was aware that the UK Government had already done so in summer 2012.
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Question reference: S4W-12495
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the briefing notes prepared for ministers for the fuel poverty debate on 23 January 2013 (Official Report, c.14759) referred to the six-point list of demands on fuel poverty, which were contained in its subsequent news release and, if not, whether it will publish these notes.
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Question reference: S4W-12501
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has of how many calls were made to the telephone hotline number on fuel poverty published on 23 January 2013 online and in a news release and for what reason the hotline number appears to have been incorrect.
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Question reference: S4O-01760
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 January 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it will complete the service model assessment for ferry services in Orkney.
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Question reference: S4W-12241
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 23 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning has met colleges to discuss waiting lists in the last six months.
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Question reference: S4W-11893
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what biomass electricity generating plants have been built in Scotland and how much government subsidy they have received.
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