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-18239
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make a statement on recent progress made on the pilot of the ASSIST peer-education programme as part of its tobacco control strategy.
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Question reference: S4W-18191
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government on what date Professor Stiglitz made the comments on inequality in China referred to by the First Minister in his speech at Tsinghua University in China on 5 November 2013 and whether he has been asked to provide an updated analysis of inequality in China.
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Question reference: S4F-01688
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 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-17875
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13264 by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 March 2013, whether it will reconsider its decision not to release the text of the First Minister’s address to EU ambassadors on 12 February 2013.
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Question reference: S4W-18231
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the requirements for, and granting of, police air operator certificates, as set out in the Air Navigation Order 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-18227
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the role of the civil air patrol service in carrying out extended searches and what discussions it has had with the service regarding its future role.
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Question reference: S4W-18228
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 15 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on Police Scotland’s decision to no longer use the civil air patrol service and what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding this.
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Question reference: S4W-17872
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what planning assumptions it has made for each year to 2017-18 for the level of (a) GDP growth, (b) revenue budget surplus or deficit using Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) methodology, (c) fiscal surplus or deficit using GERS methodology and (d) the ratio of debt to GDP using a population share of UK debt.
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Question reference: S4W-17874
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the countries from which the (a) Deputy First Minister and (b) Minister for External Affairs and International Development has met officials or ministers in the last six months, and the dates of such meetings.
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Question reference: S4W-18057
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17873 by Humza Yousaf on 29 October 2013, whether discussions were held on policies that are dependent on the outcome of the next Scottish parliamentary election.
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