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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To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had with Scottish Coal in the year before it went into liquidation.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will implement all of the recommendations in the report, Future arrangements to secure food standards and safety in Scotland.
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.
To ask the Scottish Government which (a) newspapers and periodicals, (b) television stations and (c) journalists the First Minister gave personal interviews to during his recent visit to China; which are owned by or work for the Chinese state, and whether it will place (i) copies of the published interviews and (ii) digital copies and transcripts of the broadcasts in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the second supplementary to question S4F-01683 by the First Minister on 14 November 2013 in relation to the provision of his speeches (Official Report, c. 24472), whether it will reconsider its decision not to publish the First Minister's speech to EU ambassadors on 12 February 2013.
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17874 by Fiona Hyslop on 13 November 2013, whether it has a policy position on Kurdistani statehood and whether it discussed the matter with (a) the government of Turkey at the meeting on 31 October 2013 and (b) representatives of Kurdistan on 12 June 2013.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17874 by Fiona Hyslop on 13 November 2013, what matters the Minister for External Affairs and International Development discussed with representatives of the government of Syria at the meeting on (a) 16 May 2013 and (b) 9 September 2013.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17874 by Fiona Hyslop on 13 November 2013, whether it issued a statement (a) prior to or (b) following the Minister for External Affairs and International Development's meetings with representatives of the government of (i) Syria, (ii) Egypt and (iii) Turkey and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.