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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 18 July 2024
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Question reference: S3W-03675

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions were held with (a) Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership and (b) Zetland Transport Partnership before it decided on the terms for the appointment of the consultants undertaking the study into the benefits of road equivalent tariff and, in particular, before it decided to limit the consultants’ choice of routes for consideration for inclusion in the pilot study to one or more of the routes connecting the Scottish mainland and the Western Isles and how each regional transport partnership responded to the proposals put to them.

Question reference: S3W-04047

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings have taken place with the UK Government’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since May 2007 regarding the further devolution of nature conservation duties beyond 12 nautical miles.

Question reference: S3W-04046

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 September 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether its policy is that the Parliament should assume greater powers over nature conservation beyond 12 nautical miles and whether the devolution of further powers should be contingent on receiving specific funding from the UK Government to carry out these duties.

Question reference: S3W-02558

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that Highlands and Islands Enterprise should continue to operate a different, more broad-based model for economic development in its region than that operated by Scottish Enterprise.

Question reference: S3W-02554

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued any guidance to Scottish Enterprise on the future of the Business Gateway centres.

Question reference: S3W-02549

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 21 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Business Gateway centres are in operation, broken down by local enterprise company area.

Question reference: S3W-02772

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive when the research for the recent NHS survey of body mass index across Scotland, as reported in The Scotsman on 30 July 2007, was carried out.

Question reference: S3W-02770

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what the age profile was of the men and women sampled in (a) Orkney, (b) Shetland and (c) the Western Isles in the recent NHS survey of body mass index, as reported in The Scotsman on 30 July 2007, and how this compares with the overall age profile of the population of each island group.

Question reference: S3W-02556

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 14 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to restructure Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Question reference: S3W-02552

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 14 August 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is proposing to cut the funding of (a) Scottish Enterprise and (b) Highlands and Islands Enterprise and, if so, what impact it estimates that this will have on the Business Gateway service.