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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: S2W-32447

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 28 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of comments on 14 March 2007 by the Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning that the Executive had considered the mutualisation of Scottish Water, what research has been carried out into the financial implications of mutualisation and the long-term capital costs that would be incurred by a mutual company.

Question reference: S2W-32303

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what issues it has raised in relation to the proposal, published in October 2006 by the European Commission and currently under discussion by an ad hoc working group of the European Council, for the establishment of an European Institute of Technology (EIT); whether it has raised such issues with Scottish MEPs, and what discussions have taken place with relevant UK or EU bodies about Scotland being a potential base for the board of the EIT or Scottish individuals or institutions becoming members of the board.

Question reference: S2W-32295

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has evaluated the impact of the integration of the careers service in the Western Isles into Highlands and Islands Enterprise and, if so, what the impact will be on the level of resources required to meet the needs of clients.

Question reference: S2O-12250

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 8 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans have been initiated by its Education Department to address the issues raised in the UNICEF report on child poverty and what aspect of the report will be the department¿s top priority.

Question reference: S2W-31883

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place between the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and students and staff of the University of Strathclyde concerning the university’s proposals to cut jobs and when these meetings took place.

Question reference: S2W-31882

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place between the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and students and staff of the University of Dundee concerning the university’s proposals to cut courses and jobs and when these meetings took place.

Question reference: S2W-31881

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 7 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place between the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and students and staff of the University of Glasgow’s Crichton Campus in Dumfries concerning the university’s decision to withdraw from the campus and when these meetings took place.

Question reference: S2W-31530

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 6 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what total costs have been incurred by (a) it, (b) other public bodies and (c) Caledonian MacBrayne and its successor companies in relation to the tender for the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services since 1999, including (i) civil servants’ time and related costs, including the time of senior civil servants, (ii) the costs of dividing Caledonian MacBrayne into three companies, offshoring jobs and transferring ownership, including establishing new offices at Port Glasgow and in Jersey, (iii) the costs of all external legal advice sought by the Executive, (iv) the costs to any Executive agency or organisation funded by the Executive in relation to the tender and (v) any other associated costs.

Question reference: S2W-31880

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 February 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 2 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place between the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning and the workforce or trade union representatives of the Simclar plants in Irvine and Kilwinning concerning the closure of the plants and when these meetings took place.

Question reference: S2W-31534

  • Asked by: Jim Mather, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2007
  • Current Status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 1 March 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of any problems encountered in the current tender process for the Clyde and Hebrides ferry service, it will ensure that the tender process is not repeated in this manner in future.