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: S4T-00612
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when the Glasgow Airport Strategic Transport Network Study will be published.
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Question reference: S4O-02970
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland has informed the Cabinet Secretary for Justice of the number of respondents to the consultation on public counter services.
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Question reference: S4O-02953
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with bus service operators.
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Question reference: S4W-19192
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Lesley Thomson on 24 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will receive the report of the UK Government’s investigation into the blowout on the Elgin platform in the North Sea in March 2012.
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Question reference: S4O-02865
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it has had with trade unions since the publication of the ScotRail Franchise Draft Invitation to Tender.
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Question reference: S4W-19143
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-18983 by Keith Brown on 9 January 2014, whether it will confirm how many trains pass through the station per hour at peak periods, broken down by rail service.
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Question reference: S4O-02811
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Lord Advocate provided advice on the legal competence of the white paper on independence.
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Question reference: S4W-18984
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17626 by Keith Brown on 25 October 2013, how many trains run through the Winchburgh tunnel per hour at peak period, broken down by rail service.
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Question reference: S4W-18983
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what rail services pass through, or stop at, Dalmeny railway station and how many services do so per hour at peak period.
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Question reference: S4W-18986
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when the revised business case for the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme will be published.