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-01528
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support will be available in 2013-14 for higher and further education students from the most deprived backgrounds.
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Question reference: S4W-10702
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 13 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has sent to farmers regarding the Chalara fraxinea fungus.
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Question reference: S4W-10700
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 13 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken into the Chalara fraxinea fungus.
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Question reference: S4W-10701
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 13 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions Forestry Commission Scotland has had with partner organisations across the UK on the Chalara fraxinea fungus.
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Question reference: S4W-10703
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 13 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has sent to the forestry industry regarding the Chalara fraxinea fungus.
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Question reference: S4W-10260
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 12 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what instructions the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and his officials have issued to the Scottish Qualifications Authority regarding the subject content to be included in the new National 5 and higher English examinations.
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Question reference: S4W-10261
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 12 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what instructions the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and his officials have issued to the Scottish Qualifications Authority regarding which topics in the new National 5 and higher English examinations will be mandatory rather than optional.
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Question reference: S4O-01474
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the impact of the closure of rural GP surgeries.
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Question reference: S4F-00952
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2012
To ask the First Minister what support the Scottish Government is providing to female college students.
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