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-13132
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-10543 by Derek Mackay on 7 November 2012, what arrangements it has in place to ensure compliance with the terms of the Aarhus Convention.
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Question reference: S4W-13133
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 28 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish its response to the questions regarding its Renewables Routemap to 2020 that it was recently asked by the Compliance Committee of the UN's Economic Commission for Europe.
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Question reference: S4O-01848
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 27 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase participation in higher education by people from poorer backgrounds.
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Question reference: S4W-12788
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had (a) nationally and (b) internationally regarding plans to deal with future environmental epidemics.
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Question reference: S4W-12789
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many sites in Scotland are infected with ash dieback.
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Question reference: S4F-01213
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 February 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 February 2013
To ask the First Minister what action is being taken to reduce the cost of NHS medical negligence claims.
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Question reference: S4W-12709
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 25 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider supporting cloning as a means of ensuring the future of the Scottish wildcat.
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Question reference: S4W-12710
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 25 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when the findings of the Cairngorms Wildcat Project will be published.
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Question reference: S4W-12711
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider sponsoring a follow-on programme to the Cairngorms Wildcat Project that ran from 2007 to 2012.
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Question reference: S4W-12787
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what strategies are in place to deal with ash dieback.