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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 15 May 2025
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Question reference: S2W-10692

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 September 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-10105 by Nicol Stephen on 13 September 2004, what role Argyll and Bute Council plays in relation to current work being undertaken for the Executive in connection with the A82 Route Action Plan (RAP) and what targets have been set for the completion of that study and for public consultation on any specific projects that might be brought forward from the RAP for inclusion in future trunk roads capital programmes.

Question reference: S2W-10104

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 16 September 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive which landfill sites are licensed to take contaminated waste and, of these, which are also licensed to take non-hazardous waste.

Question reference: S2W-10105

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 13 September 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what role it gives to local authorities in the preparation of route action plans for trunk roads within their areas.

Question reference: S2W-08787

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 June 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 17 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it gives to the development of housing for key workers in rural areas.

Question reference: S2W-08786

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 June 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Water will be able to honour the undertaking given by its predecessor in 1994 to the Secretary of State for Scotland under section 76 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 to comply by 2005 with the European Drinking Water Directive.

Question reference: S2W-08785

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 June 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 17 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the finances of NHS Argyll and Clyde to be balanced.

Question reference: S2W-06789

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 15 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new-build housing units were completed in the social rented sector in each local authority area in each of the last five years and how many completions are expected on the same basis this year.

Question reference: S2W-06813

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 5 April 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) track and signalling and (b) station incremental output statements have been implemented in Scotland in each year since the inception of the Incremental Output Statement programme, showing, where possible, the actual or estimated costs of each scheme provided by it, the Strategic Rail Authority and other public sector sources; how many such schemes have been approved for implementation but are currently awaiting resources, showing indicative costs for each programme, and how many such schemes are currently being prepared by the Strategic Rail Authority and the Executive for possible future implementation, showing indicative costs for each programme.

Question reference: S2O-01440

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 25 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure local authority compliance with the Scottish Housing Quality Standard announced by the Minister for Communities on 4 February 2004.

Question reference: S2W-06788

  • Asked by: Murray Tosh, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 18 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been made available through Communities Scotland for new-build housing in the social rented sector in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area, and how much has been made available provisionally on the same basis this year.