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-14721
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2013
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent development of a vaccine against Clostridium bolteae, which is common in autistic children, what consideration it is giving to offering the vaccine to autistic schoolchildren.
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Question reference: S4W-14739
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it took the political affiliation of the founder of the Scottish Asian Women’s Association into consideration when deciding to provide funding to it.
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Question reference: S4W-14738
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what conditions it has attached to its funding to the Scottish Asian Women's Association.
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Question reference: S4W-14737
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what lessons it has learned from providing over £200,000 in funding to the Scottish-Islamic Foundation, which has been wound up.
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Question reference: S4O-02126
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2013
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to understand and deal with the increase in the number of schoolchildren with additional support needs.
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Question reference: S4W-14477
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to rural communities that wish to take control of their local petrol station.
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Question reference: S4W-14476
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many petrol stations have closed since 2007, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-14478
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many petrol stations that received funding from the Rural Petrol Station Grant Scheme between 1998 and 2008 are still open, also broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-14479
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many grants (a) Scottish Enterprise and (b) Highlands and Islands Enterprise have given to rural petrol stations since 2008.
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Question reference: S4F-01339
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2013
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to increase the uptake of foreign languages in secondary schools.