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-02892
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 6 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive which special advisers have legal qualifications.
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Question reference: S4W-02861
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the Scottish Energy and Resource Efficiency Service will do to reduce the time that SMEs spend offsite on reducing their carbon emissions.
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Question reference: S4W-02851
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to encourage small businesses that are not online to make use of the Scottish Energy and Resource Efficiency Service.
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Question reference: S4W-02852
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to publicise the Scottish Energy and Resource Efficiency Service.
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Question reference: S4W-02862
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the revised date is for the launch of the Scottish Energy and Resource Efficiency Service.
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Question reference: S4W-02853
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget for the Scottish Energy and Resource Efficiency Service is.
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Question reference: S4W-02854
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in its Ministerial Correspondence Unit, broken down by grade, and how many there have been in each year since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S4W-02850
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what is its strategy for tackling child trafficking.
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Question reference: S4W-02848
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding tackling all aspects of human trafficking.
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Question reference: S4W-02849
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that there is a need for it to develop a human trafficking strategy for Scotland.