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-02804
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) free wi-fi and (b) smart-card enabled (i) ticketing machines, (ii) hand-held ticket readers and (iii) ticket barriers across all services will be made conditions of any new or renewed contract for rail passenger services.
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Question reference: S4W-02803
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how the public can feed in to the process of renewing the contract for rail passenger services.
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Question reference: S4W-02847
- 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 for what reason the recently published, Human Trafficking: The Government's Strategy, was not a joint publication between it and the Home Office as the 2007 publication, UK Action Plan on Tackling Human Trafficking, was.
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Question reference: S4W-02846
- 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 the UK Government’s new human trafficking strategy covers Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-02487
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether truncating the Edinburgh tram line to St Andrew’s Square, instead of Newhaven, constitutes a material change in the business case.
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Question reference: S4W-02425
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing a specific health improvement (HEAT) target to reduce drug-related deaths.
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Question reference: S4W-02473
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the projects that it funds which work directly with individuals recovering from addictions at risk of relapsing.
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Question reference: S4W-02474
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it supports the drug and alcohol recovery community.
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Question reference: S4W-02475
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to invest more in support services for the drug and alcohol recovery community.
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Question reference: S4W-02472
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much is spent on (a) prevention, (b) treatment and support services and (c) relapse prevention/recovery support, as a proportion of its total expenditure on drug and alcohol services.
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