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
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Question reference: S4F-01293
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 March 2013
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.
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Question reference: S4W-13580
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many economic experts it is consulting on how much it would cost to provide state pensions in an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-13581
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government which members of the Council of Economic Advisors it has asked to consider how much it would cost to provide state pensions in an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-13582
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the terms of reference are of the expert group considering how much it would cost to provide state pensions in an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-13586
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the (a) findings and (b) recommendations of the expert group considering how much it would cost to provide state pensions in an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-13584
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the expert group considering how much it would cost to provide state pensions in an independent Scotland has met (a) ministers and (b) officials, and what future meetings are planned.
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Question reference: S4W-13587
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether its website will have links to the work of the expert group considering how much it would cost to provide state pensions in an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-13583
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the letters of appointment of the expert group considering how much it would cost to provide state pensions in an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-13080
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many public analyst laboratories there are and how many there were in (a) 1999 and (b) 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-13081
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many public analysts there have been in each of the last 10 years.