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-12256
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government which of the recommendations from chapter (a) 2, (b) 3, (c) 4 and (d) 5 of Independent Budget Review: The Report of Scotland's Independent Budget Review Panel have been implemented.
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Question reference: S4F-01141
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 January 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 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-12103
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided a definition of Scottish values to the Expert Working Group on Welfare.
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Question reference: S4W-12102
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to appointing (a) women and (b) people with incomes in the lower five deciles of Scottish incomes to the Expert Working Group on Welfare.
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Question reference: S4W-12106
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what statistical evidence it used to construct the definition of Scottish values to be used by the Expert Working Group on Welfare.
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Question reference: S4W-12109
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the letters of appointment issued to the members of the Expert Working Group on Welfare.
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Question reference: S4W-12111
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare has been asked to consider which elements of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 should be reversed.
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Question reference: S4W-12110
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare has been asked to use the welfare system in place prior to May 2010 as a baseline.
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Question reference: S4W-12101
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many people it has invited to join the Expert Working Group on Welfare and what proportion (a) was women and (b) has an income in the lower five deciles of Scottish incomes.
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Question reference: S4W-12112
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Expert Working Group on Welfare has been asked to recommend which elements of the £2.5 billion in reductions referred to in its news release of 6 January 2012, A welfare system for Scotland, should be reversed.