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: S4O-02446
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with local authorities about teacher employment issues.
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Question reference: S4F-01574
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2013
To ask the First Minister what recent discussions the Scottish Government has had with providers of mobile phone services to improve coverage in rural areas.
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Question reference: S4O-02433
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games are progressing.
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Question reference: S4O-02383
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all families with children up to two years old have regular access to a health visitor.
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Question reference: S4W-16683
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 August 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to take forward the recommendations in Adapting for Change: Final Report of the Adaptations Working Group.
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Question reference: S4W-16566
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 14 August 2013
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities have had their bid for additional funds to assist with wind turbine planning applications rejected.
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Question reference: S4W-16443
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 30 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities have received funding from the £300,000 announced to help deal with the increase in wind farm planning applications, broken down by amount.
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Question reference: S4W-16229
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the future rail infrastructure needed to meet the projected 27% population increase in Perthshire and Kinross-shire between 2008 and 2033.
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Question reference: S4W-16230
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 July 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it did not take forward the proposal to construct a railway line between Inverkeithing and Halbeath as one of the 29 transport projects and programmes identified in the Strategic Transport Projects Review Final Report, published in 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-15831
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 18 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Funding Council provided information to the college sector regarding the implications of the reclassification of colleges by the Office for National Statistics.
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