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-19892
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its paper Currency - Transaction Costs to UK Businesses, what methodology it used in calculating the distribution of costs between exporters and importers in the event of Scotland leaving the sterling zone.
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Question reference: S4W-19893
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons its paper, Currency - Transaction Costs to UK Businesses, estimates the transaction costs arising from a separate Scottish currency as 0.1% of GDP, given that the paper cites a range of possible impacts of 0.1% to 1.0%.
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Question reference: S4W-19896
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its paper, Currency - Transaction Costs to UK Businesses, what methodology it used in calculating the value of UK exports to other countries in the EU.
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Question reference: S4W-19894
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government further to its paper, Currency - Transaction Costs to UK Businesses, whether it considers that an impact of around 1% of GDP in transaction costs for "small open economies" would apply to Scotland in the event of the country leaving the sterling zone.
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Question reference: S4W-19895
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its paper, Currency - Transaction Costs to UK Businesses, how much it calculates the transaction costs to Scottish businesses would be if the country left the sterling zone.
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Question reference: S4W-19659
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Board on its decision not to hold a public consultaton on the closure of fire control rooms.
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Question reference: S4O-02870
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost is of upgrading the east coast railway line between Aberdeen and the central belt at Montrose.
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Question reference: S4O-02819
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what support it gives to local authorities to address the risk of flooding.
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Question reference: S4O-02786
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council regarding a new exhibition and conference centre.
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Question reference: S4W-18767
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS Grampian will receive in revenue allocation in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 and how much it would receive if the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee formula was implemented in full.
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