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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

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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 12 July 2025
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Question reference: S1W-19400

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Glasgow Royal Infirmary's Orthopaedics Department has been understaffed at any time during the current year.

Question reference: S1W-19399

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many orthopaedic consultants were employed at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in the financial years (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 to date and whether the number of orthopaedic consultants employed in these years was adequate for the provision of the orthopaedic service.

Question reference: S1W-18996

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of funding in the National Library of Scotland was in each of the past five years.

Question reference: S1W-18839

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 1 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #7 million allowance to support colleges in financial difficulty announced by the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning on 3 October 2001 will go to North Glasgow College in Springburn.

Question reference: S1W-18840

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 1 November 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to aid any colleges adversely effected by the Scottish Further Education Funding Council's financial recovery plan.

Question reference: S1W-18541

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 15 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Historic Scotland has been working with religious groups on the requirements under listed building and planning legislation in relation to the erection of telecommunications equipment, and, if so, whether any anomalies have been uncovered in the legislation in regard to such groups.

Question reference: S1W-18540

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 9 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what constitutes a completed development under Article 3(2) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Order 2001 (SSI 2001/266).

Question reference: S1W-18039

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 24 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17046 by Rhona Brankin on 13 August 2001, what plans it has to require information regarding the bathing water and the water quality record to be displayed at every beach that is used for bathing.

Question reference: S1W-18038

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 24 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17048 by Rhona Brankin on 13 August 2001, how many nominations for identification as bathing waters the Bathing Waters Review Panel examined during 1998-99 and how many nominated sites were not subsequently identified as bathing waters due to (a) an insufficient number of people using the site and (b) a lack of information on the number of people using the site.

Question reference: S1W-17990

  • Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how recycling is defined for the purpose of measuring the performance of local authorities in relation to the disposal of household waste.