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-08198
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05956 by Kenny MacAskill on 8 March 2012, what the breakdown of dog control notices is by year.
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Question reference: S4W-08197
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 28 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) charges have been brought and (b) convictions have been made in each year under the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001.
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Question reference: S4W-07671
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to either a taxation process or fixed fee system in respect of public inquiries.
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Question reference: S4W-07672
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of (a) administration and (b) legal fees has been for each public inquiry held since 1999.
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Question reference: S4F-00621
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Salmond on 26 April 2012
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on televising court proceedings.
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Question reference: S4W-06500
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 18 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-06179 by Kenny MacAskill on 27 March 2012, whether the findings of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission are matters that have caused or are capable of causing public concern within the meaning of section 1 of the Inquiries Act 2005.
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Question reference: S4W-06261
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Lesley Thomson on 28 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many communications officials are employed in the Crown Office's communications department and what the cost of employing its communications officials was in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
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Question reference: S4W-06179
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of recent allegations that the Crown Office did not act with propriety in the disclosure of evidence to the defence team in the case of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, whether the Scottish Government (a) has the power under the Inquiries Act 2005 to establish an inquiry into the actions of the Crown Office and (b) can refer the matter to the Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-05662
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has commissioned in the last three years on the incidence of post natal depression; what treatment options are available for those with the condition, and what funding is available for the provision of such treatment.
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Question reference: S4F-00502
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 March 2012
To ask the First Minister whether, in light of comments in the recently published biography of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the Scottish Government considers that an inquiry into all aspects of the Lockerbie bombing is now urgent.