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-25248
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 1 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government in each year since 2007 regarding the future of the Longannet power station.
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Question reference: S4W-25254
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4T-00988 by Alasdair Allan on 31 March 2015 (Official Report, c. 8), when it was announced that the Global Excellence Initiative to support world leading research in Scotland's universities would be time limited, and by whom.
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Question reference: S4W-25246
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 April 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 1 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had in each year since 2007 with representatives of the workforce at Longannet power station regarding the future of the facility.
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Question reference: S4W-25087
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 17 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24870 by Derek Mackay MSP on 23 March 2015, what commitments Abellio has made with regard to the delivery of refurbished or new rolling stock as part of the ScotRail franchise, and when those commitments have to be met in order to avoid penalties.
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Question reference: S4O-04226
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 April 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in rolling out access to local authority flooding datasets that have been developed through the use of Lidar technology.
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Question reference: S4T-00988
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions took place between the Scottish Funding Council and the University of Aberdeen before the announcement of a £10.5 million budget reduction and the loss of 150 jobs.
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Question reference: S4W-24871
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it has had from Abellio that the refurbished rolling stock due to be in use on routes to Aberdeen and Inverness by the end of 2018 will be delivered on time.
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Question reference: S4W-24872
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are penalties in the Abellio ScotRail franchise agreement for late delivery of refurbished or new rolling stock and, if so, what penalties and when and how they can be imposed.
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Question reference: S4W-24870
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Abellio regarding the delivery of refurbished rolling stock for use on the Abellio ScotRail franchise.
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Question reference: S4W-24501
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 11 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to publish the minutes of the first meeting of the Energy Jobs Taskforce in Aberdeen on 28 January 2015.
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