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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S3W-40392

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many buses travelled between Moodiesburn and Glasgow on 21 February 2011

Question reference: S3W-40381

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what penalties there are for bus companies that fail to prevent overcrowding.

Question reference: S3W-40386

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many bus passengers there have been in the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S3W-40396

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it gives to bus companies regarding routes.

Question reference: S3W-40384

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that bus services in the Moodiesburn area would have been better organised if the proposed members’ Bill on the regulation of bus services, which was lodged on 1 December 2009, had been passed.

Question reference: S3W-40398

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the satisfaction levels are of bus passengers in the Moodiesburn area.

Question reference: S3W-40388

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many bus routes served the Moodiesburn area on 31 January 2010.

Question reference: S3W-40389

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many bus routes served the Moodiesburn area on 31 January 2011.

Question reference: S3W-40391

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many buses travelled between Moodiesburn and Glasgow on 31 January 2011.

Question reference: S3W-40387

  • Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 March 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many bus passengers there have been in each year since 1999.