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: S4W-03982
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 will be reviewed in light of the decision not to proceed with the Longannet carbon capture and storage demonstration plant and the potential impact on the targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-03983
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its Electricity Generation Policy Statement will be reviewed in light of the decision not to proceed with the Longannet carbon capture and storage demonstration plant and the potential impact on the targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-03985
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it continues to engage with the European Commission and partner countries to support policy development and secure project funding for Scottish carbon capture and storage projects through the Scottish European Green Energy Centre and what progress has been made since the carbon capture and storage roadmap was published.
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Question reference: S4W-03984
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether work with the UK Government to assess Scottish projects that have bid for the EU New Entrants Reserve in 2011-12 has (a) progressed or (b) been completed and what conclusions have been reached.
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Question reference: S4W-03980
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 1 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether future carbon capture and storage demonstration projects will be funded (a) entirely via general taxation or (b) by consumer levy and whether the Department of Energy and Climate Change has clarified the role of the Scottish Government in determining future financial support for any demonstration projects in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-03388
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 1 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact on domestic electricity prices will be of 100% demand being met from renewable sources and how it calculates this.
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Question reference: S4W-03389
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 1 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact would be on electricity prices for consumers in Scotland of paying the subsidy to meet the additional costs associated with Renewables Obligation Certificates.
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Question reference: S4W-03308
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision it has made in the draft budget to extend the road equivalent tariff ferry fares pilot in the Western Isles to the Clyde and in what timescale.
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Question reference: S4W-03979
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much extra is being allocated to the International Development Fund in the 2012-13 budget to allow targeted support for people in developing countries.
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Question reference: S4O-00427
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2011
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fewer nurses and midwives are working in the NHS than in 2009.
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