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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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  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 22 July 2024
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Question reference: S1W-33905

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer whether Bovis Lend Lease (BLL) sought a credit reference in respect of Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd (FCAM) and, if so, on what date or dates it did so; whether BLL sought information relating to county court judgements in England and, if not, what the cost of such a request would have been, and whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has since obtained any information about the creditworthiness of FCAM and/or Flour City International Inc and, if so, whether (a) the letter, letters or any other documents seeking or requesting such information, (b) the replies received in respect of such letters or documents and (c) any memos or other documentary evidence or verbal evidence received in relation to them will be published.

Question reference: S1W-33903

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) will meet the Scottish Information Commissioner to discuss releasing into the public domain all information in relation to Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd and its parent company and their involvement with the Holyrood project and what the reasons are for the SPCB's position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-33906

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-21898 on 24 January 2002, whether the information obtained by Bovis Lend Lease in respect of Flour City International Inc, including the Highlights of Financial Summary 1994-98, Condensed Balance Sheet 1997-98, Condensed Statement of Income 1997-98 and Condensed Statement of Cashflow 1996-98, will now be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) and why such information has not already been placed in SPICe.

Question reference: S1W-33902

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer whether all documents previously requested in written parliamentary questions in respect of Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd (FCAM), Flour City International Inc and the Flour City group of companies generally and their involvement with (a) the Holyrood project works package awarded to FCAM and (b) works packages for which they submitted bids will now be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.

Question reference: S1W-33904

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-21898 on 24 January 2002, whether it is still the position that there was no available published credit reference for Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd before the contract was awarded to the company; if this is no longer the position, on what date any such reference became available, and whether it was available before the award of the first letter of intent in December 2000.

Question reference: S1W-33829

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-23571 on 13 March 2002, whether the cost of completing design services that Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd was under contract to provide but did not complete has now been ascertained and, if so, what the current estimated total cost is of such works and services; whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will provide a breakdown of this estimate, and what the reasons are for any variance between the current estimated total cost and the original estimate of #117,500.

Question reference: S1W-33827

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-8962 on 21 August 2000, whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will give in relation to each works package for the Holyrood project and in tabular form, (a) the identity of the contractor, (b) the actual, or projected, date of (i) contract award, (ii) site start and (iii) completion, (c) the original estimated (1) cost and (2) value of the contract and the increase in each such figure and (d) the current total estimate and, in respect of any packages for which there is no estimated completion date, what the reasons are for the position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-33828

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-5674 on 13 April 2000, how much VAT is currently expected to be paid in total to Her Majesty's Treasury from the Holyrood project and what proportion of the overall costs of the project this sum represents, showing the estimates given in the answer to question S1W-5674 as comparative figures.

Question reference: S1W-33830

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-22306 on 31 January 2002, whether copies of the Letter of Intent and formal contract with Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd will now be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre; if they will not, what the reasons are for the position on this matter; if the reasons are that the letter and contract are commercially confidential, on what grounds this conclusion is based; in particular, whether potential prejudicing of any future court action against Flour City International Inc is one such ground and, if so, how disclosing the letter and contract could prejudice any such action, and, if there are other reasons for not disclosing these documents, what they are in detail.

Question reference: S1W-33826

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
  • Current Status: Answered by David Steel on 12 February 2003

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-9467 on 19 September 2000, whether the matter of the financial costs of the new Parliament building at Holyrood is of greater controversy than it was in March 2000; whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) will now provide to the public all available financial information; what the reasons are for the position on this matter in the light of the position given in the answer to question S1W-9467; whether it will continue to be the position that documents in relation to the package awarded to Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd will not be disclosed; if so, whether the SPCB will review this position and what the reasons are for the position on this matter, and, if such reasons relate to potential prejudice to any legal action, how any such action could be prejudiced or damaged by such disclosure, given that the legal liability will already have been set and cannot be in any way altered by such disclosure.