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.

Question reference: S4W-00265

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many women were (a) eligible and (b) received vouchers for the healthy start scheme, broken down by NHS board in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S4W-00101

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 31 May 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will seek to meet the London Olympic Delivery Authority to discuss how it progressed the case for a living wage to be paid by contractors within the constraints of EU law.

Question reference: S4W-00099

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 May 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-35494 by John Swinney on 25 August 2010, what aspects of EU law prevent community benefit clauses being used to progress the case for a living wage.

Imposing a requirement on contractors to pay their employees a living wage which is more than the National Minimum Wage could amount to a restriction on the freedom to provide services guaranteed by article 56 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. This issue was the subject of a judgment of the European Court of Justice in the case of Ruffert v Land Niedersachsen [C-346/06]. A copy of the judgment can be found on the Curia website http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/j_6/.

Question reference: S4W-00098

Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 31 May 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-40420 by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 March 2011, how many NHS staff have received a wage increase as a result of the living wage introduced on 1April 2011.

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