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: S4W-08356
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 23 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how it encourages pupils to consider studying undergraduate courses in science.
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Question reference: S4W-08357
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how it supports participation in equestrian sports.
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Question reference: S4W-08360
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 18 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how it encourages engagement between denominational and non-denominational schools.
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Question reference: S4W-08355
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 18 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many graduates there have been of computer science courses that have an emphasis on software engineering since 2007, broken down by institution.
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Question reference: S4W-08371
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it has with local organisations regarding (a) countryside and (b) woodland development.
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Question reference: S4W-08369
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the impact on communities of odours from industrial premises.
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Question reference: S4W-08362
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how it encourages the start-up of new businesses in Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.
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Question reference: S4W-08370
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ask local authorities to review the council tax liabilities of terminally ill people who are hospitalised and who have unoccupied second homes.
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Question reference: S4W-08366
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many court cases to resolve family contact disputes there have been under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006.
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Question reference: S4O-01187
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to grow the economy in Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.
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