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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.

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Question reference: S4W-15756

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its statement in paragraph 30 of the Scottish Government’s initial response to Expert Working Group on Welfare Report that final welfare proposals will not be published until 2014, whether this means that welfare policies will not be included in its white paper on independence.

Question reference: S4W-15758

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its statement in paragraph 30 of the Scottish Government’s Initial Response to Expert Working Group on Welfare Report that final welfare proposals will not be published until 2014, whether there are other areas of policy that will not be included in its white paper on independence and, if so, which.

Question reference: S4W-15757

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its statement in paragraph 30 of the Scottish Government’s Initial Response to Expert Working Group on Welfare Report that final welfare proposals will not be published until 2014, whether an indicative amount for increased welfare spending will be included in its white paper on independence, prior to receipt of the final report from the expert group.

Question reference: S4W-15759

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether its white paper on independence will include indicative costings for policy options that it is promoting.

Question reference: S4W-15546

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the remarks by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs on 5 June 2013 that “I don’t need or want the culture or heritage sector to make a new economic or social case to justify public support for their work” and “we want to see cultural and creative industries making a growing contribution to employment and economic output” reflect a consistent approach to culture and to the economy.

Yes. The comments in question absolutely reflect a consistent approach to culture and to the economy. As I stated, our public support for the work of the culture and heritage sectors is not dependent on them making any new economic or social arguments for their work. We already have a great deal of information about the many ways in which these sectors make significant economic and social contributions and I will continue to support them so that this contribution can grow and thrive.

Question reference: S4F-01478

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2013

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4W-15526

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the (a) responses to and (b) analysis of the responses to its Safeguarding Scotland’s Resources consultation.

Question reference: S4W-15528

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce whether it plans to introduce legislation for a charge for single-use carrier bags.

Question reference: S4W-15478

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the impact on its revenues would be of a 3% reduction in corporation tax, and whether it will publish this information in the same format and over the same time period shown for capital stock and GDP in its paper, The Impact of a Reduction in Corporation Tax on the Scottish Economy.

Question reference: S4W-15479

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will update the £384.7 million figure for a loss in revenues caused by a 3% reduction in corporation tax shown at table 2 of appendix A of its paper, The Impact of a Reduction in Corporation Tax on the Scottish Economy.

The following answer was corrected on 25 June 2013

The paper referred to in the question outlines the impacts of a policy equivalent to a 3 percentage point reduction in the main rate of corporation tax from 23 per cent.

The £384.7 million figure referred to in the question is an estimate of a direct static change in corporation tax revenues and does not take into account the indirect impacts of the policy such as the broadening of the tax base. As outlined in the paper, such dynamic effects are estimated to be significant, with the additional economic activity generated by the policy estimated to create 27,000 jobs and boost GDP by 1.4% after 20 years.