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: S4O-01946
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the rates of income tax would be in an independent Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-13048
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many manufacturing jobs have been (a) lost and (b) created in (i) Ayrshire, (ii) Renfrewshire, (iii) Dunbartonshire, (iv) Lanarkshire and (v) Inverclyde in each year since 1997.
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Question reference: S4W-13052
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the average wage in the manufacturing sector has been in each year since 1997.
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Question reference: S4W-13049
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much overseas investment in the manufacturing sector there has been in each year since 1997.
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Question reference: S4W-13051
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether productivity in the manufacturing sector has increased or decreased in each year since 1997.
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Question reference: S4W-13055
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much investment from outside of Scotland there has been and how many jobs have been created in the (a) retail, (b) energy, (c) commercial property, (d) construction, (e) environmental waste management and (f) hotel, leisure and recreation sector in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-13053
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the level of employment in manufacturing has been in the (a) Renfrewshire, (b) Inverclyde, (c) North Ayrshire, (d) East Dunbartonshire and (e) West Dunbartonshire local authority area in each year since 1997.
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Question reference: S4O-01908
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the recent announcement of a school meals sourcing summit, when the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment will meet local authorities to discuss the sourcing and standard of food in schools.
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Question reference: S4W-13050
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether industrial production in the manufacturing sector has increased or decreased in each year since 1997.
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Question reference: S4W-13054
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many planning appeals in the (a) energy, (b) retail, (c) commercial property, (d) housing, (e) environmental waste management and (f) hotel, leisure and recreation sector ministers have considered since May 2011 and with what outcome.