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: S1W-15200

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 16 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning has had with Scottish Enterprise on the proposals set out in the recovery plan presented to the First Minister by Dumfries and Galloway Council on 18 April 2001.

Question reference: S1W-15196

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 16 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met Her Majesty's Government's new e-Envoy Andrew Pinder and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S1W-15544

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 16 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions over the last five years the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has sought prosecution of the water authorities and how many prosecutions were successful.

Question reference: S1W-15201

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 16 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning has had with visitscotland on the proposals set out in the recovery plan presented to the First Minister by Dumfries and Galloway Council on 18 April 2001.

Question reference: S1W-14120

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 15 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to recognise the achievements of Dumfries and Galloway Council and other local authorities whose websites were recently rated in the top 20 local authority websites in the UK by the Society of Information Technology Management.

Question reference: S1W-14092

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to run any experiments in on-line voting.

Question reference: S1W-14093

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has done on improving the security of on-line voting.

Question reference: S1W-14091

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has done or intends to do to establish whether on-line voting would improve turnout at local elections.

Question reference: S1W-14090

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Peter Peacock on 14 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies are taking place to assess the utility of on-line voting to rural communities.

Question reference: S1W-15198

Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-14593 by Ross Finnie on 11 April 2001, what importance it attaches to the continuance of hefted sheep flocks in Dumfries and Galloway.

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