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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-02309

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how important classroom assistants are in enabling young people to achieve their full educational potential.

Question reference: S4O-02245

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action NHS Forth Valley has taken to improve waiting times for accident and emergency patients at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.

Question reference: S4W-15237

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 5 June 2013

To ask the Government what engineering companies or organisations the Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages was referring to in the news release of 21 May 2013, Scotland’s science leads the way.

Question reference: S4W-14920

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Law Society of Scotland’s master policy for the provision of professional indemnity insurance arrangements.

Question reference: S4W-14919

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the findings of the 2009 Report to Scottish Legal Complaints Commission on the Master Policy and Guarantee Fund Research.

Question reference: S4W-14917

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what role it has with regard to professional indemnity insurance for the legal profession.

Question reference: S4W-14921

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had meetings with the Law Society of Scotland regarding professional indemnity insurance arrangements and the role of Royal Sun Alliance in this matter and, if so, (a) when these took place and (b) who attended.

Question reference: S4O-02223

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the role of communities should be in helping local authorities agree their annual budgets.

Question reference: S4O-02175

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much the average household has saved since the introduction of the council tax freeze.

Question reference: S4W-14918

Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many companies provide professional indemnity insurance for the legal profession.