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: S4O-00380
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive whether life extensions for landfill sites are compatible with its zero waste policy.
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Question reference: S4W-03766
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS boards are required to maintain asset registers of medical equipment and, if so, what the value is of all medical equipment in each NHS board.
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Question reference: S4W-03719
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Fastlink project will be phased in and what the timetable is.
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Question reference: S4W-03718
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether plans remain in place for Fastlink to extend to Clydebank.
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Question reference: S4W-03655
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 7 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-03190 by Keith Brown on 27 October 2011, when it will place the required notice for the Borders Railway project in the Official Journal of the European Commission under the project’s new procurement model.
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Question reference: S4W-03254
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 3 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to local authorities to improve the energy efficiency of tenements and other dwellings with common parts or shared burdens.
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Question reference: S4W-03247
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 3 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding will be allocated to each urban regeneration company in each of the next three years.
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Question reference: S4W-03252
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 2 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tenement management schemes have been established in each year since 2004, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-03250
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 2 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities have used their powers under section 69 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-03253
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 2 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many tenement management schemes have included the installation of insulation in each year since 2004, broken down by local authority.