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-08186
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bus punctuality improvement partnerships are in operation and what assessment of their impact is being undertaken.
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Question reference: S4W-08181
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the implementation of a Scotland-wide bus survey that would make it possible to compare performance by area and by bus operator.
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Question reference: S4W-08182
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had regarding a replacement for bus compliance officers.
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Question reference: S4W-08138
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-07040 by Keith Brown on 11 May 2012, which ferry routes are served by the six vessels leased by the public sector from the private sector and what the (a) leasing, (b) maintenance and (c) other costs have been in each year of each contract.
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Question reference: S4W-08139
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-07040 by Keith Brown on 11 May 2012, how many of the vessels will need to be replaced in the next (a) six and (b) 12 years and what the estimated cost of a new vessel is in each case.
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Question reference: S4O-01215
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what it is doing to promote the availability in the building of beer brewed in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-07618
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 19 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-07396 by Alex Neil on 30 May 2012, when it will provide a substantive response.
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Question reference: S4O-01127
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Renewable Energy Investment Fund will be open for bids from community bodies.
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Question reference: S4W-07396
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 30 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what value of public contracts it has awarded to (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG in each year from 1999-00.
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Question reference: S4W-07228
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 24 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will (a) receive and (b) publish the interim report of the Fuel Poverty Forum.
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