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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 22 May 2025
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Question reference: S1O-05799

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 31 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to resolve the issues which have led to the recent situation in the provision of mental health services in Dumbarton, Vale of Leven and Helensburgh.

Question reference: S1W-30421

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28676 by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 September 2002, whether it would fund the testing of every autistic child for the presence of the measles virus if a validated test became available that would detect the virus other than in its acute viraemic stage.

Question reference: S1W-30422

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28676 by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 September 2002 and in the light of results of the TaqMan PCR blood tests being duplicated in other laboratories, what further criteria would need to be met for it to recognise the test as a validated methodology.

Question reference: S1W-29587

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how (a) football stadia, (b) theatres, (c) care homes, (d) cinemas, (e) airports and (f) the rail network will operate in the event of any industrial action by fire service personnel given that their safety licences are issued by local authorities after inspection.

Question reference: S1W-29586

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what life-saving and cutting equipment it or local authorities have purchased for use by the army in the event of any industrial action by fire service personnel and what the cost of purchasing any such equipment was.

Question reference: S1W-29585

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what training is being given to army personnel to allow them to undertake the duties normally undertaken by fire service personnel in the event of any industrial action by fire service personnel; who is providing this training, how many army personnel are being trained, and how many it estimates will need to be mobilised.

Question reference: S1W-29588

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the economic consequences for, and impact on jobs in, the insurance industry will be in the event of any industrial action by fire service personnel and any resultant increase in insurance claims.

Question reference: S1W-29584

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what contingency plans are now in place to deal with any industrial action by fire service personnel and what the estimated cost of implementing such plans would be.

Question reference: S1W-29710

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29088 by Mr Frank McAveety on 20 September 2002, what plans there are to make the minutes of future meetings of the Autistic Spectrum Disorders Needs Assessment Report Working Group available and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-29709

  • Asked by: Mr Lloyd Quinan, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Frank McAveety on 4 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29088 by Mr Frank McAveety on 20 September 2002, what priorities were identified by the working group established by the Public Health Institute for Scotland to deliver the recommendations set out in the Autistic Spectrum Disorders Needs Assessment Report, when it met on 24 June 2002; how these priorities will be delivered, and within what timescale.