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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 17 July 2025
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Question reference: S1W-03680

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 7 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what process is being used to determine the location of the headquarters for the Scottish University for Industry.

Question reference: S1W-02788

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 1999
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 3 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it intends to give to the "Scottish Dig" at Saqqara in Egypt, given Scotland's rich tradition in Egyptology.

Question reference: S1W-03778

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 2 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive Scottish Executive whether it is considering extending the system of rates relief which currently applies to rural shops and sub-post offices to pubs and small hotels.

Question reference: S1W-03827

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 1 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are in place for liaison between the Digital Scotland Taskforce and the Knowledge Economy Taskforce.

Question reference: S1W-03776

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 1 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what is the most recent assessment it has made as to whether the A709 and A701 are suitable as strategic road links between Dumfries and the M74.

Question reference: S1W-03828

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 1 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is an overlap between the respective remits of the Knowledge Economy Taskforce and the Digital Scotland Taskforce and how that overlap is to be managed.

Question reference: S1W-03775

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 31 January 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-901 on 13 January 2000 by Sarah Boyack, whether it will publish the study which the Scottish Office conducted into the need for a strategic link road between Dumfries and the M74.

Question reference: S1F-00047

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Donald Dewar on 27 January 2000

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Executive will take a leadership role in devising a strategy for Scotland to take advantage, socially and economically, of the opportunities offered by new and emerging information and communications technologies.

Question reference: S1W-03627

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 24 January 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has commissioned any study into the comparative costs of travel by Ministers and officials to meetings and use of video conferencing facilities.

Question reference: S1W-03626

  • Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2000
  • Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 24 January 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any guidelines on the use of video conferencing facilities have been issued to Ministers and their officials and, if so, what these guidelines are.