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-04694
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 4 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government about the venues for military inquests of Scottish soldiers killed in action overseas.
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Question reference: S4O-00490
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth last met the leader of Aberdeen City Council.
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Question reference: S4W-04234
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding rolling out the 4G network across Scotland.
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Question reference: S4O-00437
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council about improvements to the trunk road network in the north east.
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Question reference: S4W-03772
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 16 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what guarantee there is on the Parliament’s new voting system.
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Question reference: S4W-03771
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 16 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how much the Parliament’s new voting system cost.
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Question reference: S4W-03774
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 16 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether there are penalties for failure in the contract for installation of the Parliament’s new voting system.
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Question reference: S4W-03776
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Tricia Marwick on 16 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it has discussed changes to Standing Orders to allow for votes to be taken in the event of failure of the electronic voting system.
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Question reference: S4W-03773
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 16 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what testing was done on the Parliament's new voting system before it became operational.
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Question reference: S4W-03775
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 16 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how long it will take to resolve the problem with the Parliament's new voting system that arose on 27 October 2011.
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