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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

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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  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 4 July 2024
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Question reference: S1W-22672

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 February 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 15 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time taken between petition appearances and the serving of indictments was in each sheriffdom in each of the last ten years.

Question reference: S1W-21990

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 14 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the abandonment of the City of Edinburgh Rapid Transit (CERT) scheme has increased the commercial viability of the proposed railway station at Edinburgh Airport and whether its policy on the proposed station been reassessed following the abandonment of CERT.

Question reference: S1W-21832

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 4 February 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much rural land is currently held by each local authority under the Common Good Fund and whether such land is being managed in the best way to ensure sustainable development or the well-being of the communities on whose behalf the land is held.

Question reference: S1W-21947

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offences were committed by eight- to 12-year-olds, what the breakdown was of the offences involved in each case, and how many of these offences were referred to a court, all in each of the last 10 years, broken down by each category of offence.

Question reference: S1W-21991

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 30 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to continue its discussions with Her Majesty's Government and other interested parties in regard to the proposed railway station at Edinburgh Airport, should its commercial viability be established.

Question reference: S1W-21698

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual cost per prisoner place in the Scottish Prison Service was in each of the last 10 years and what expenditures are included in calculating that cost.

Question reference: S1W-21642

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to implement the report by the Scottish Law Commission, Report on Child Abduction, and what the timetable is for the report's implementation.

Question reference: S1O-04384

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 January 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 10 January 2002

To ask the First Minister whether the funding being made available by Railtrack for the Forth Rail Bridge will be honoured by Railtrack or any successor body and what plans it has to ensure the safe upkeep of the bridge.

Question reference: S1W-20067

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19584 by Jackie Baillie on 14 November 2001, what the 60 languages are and how many speakers of each language use it as their first language.

Question reference: S1W-19863

  • Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 November 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures will be put in place to ensure that expenditure of public money on community land buy outs represents best value for money or delivers public benefits.