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
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Question reference: S4W-27990
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by a government spokesperson reported in The Press and Journal on 6 October 2015 that “Scottish councils already retain all of the business rates they collect”, whether this is true for Glasgow City Council.
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Question reference: S4W-27639
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27206 by Humza Yousaf on 17 September 2015, whether it has had discussions with the charity, Reprieve, about whether the case of Shaker Aamer was raised by the First Minister at her meeting with the US Deputy Secretary of State.
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Question reference: S4W-27637
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27206 by Humza Yousaf on 17 September 2015, whether ministers will reconsider their decision to withhold from parliamentary answers information about whether case of Shaker Aamer was raised at the meeting between the First Minister and the US Deputy Secretary of State, given the UK Government’s confirmation that the Foreign Secretary raised the case with the US authorities in November 2010.
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Question reference: S4W-27635
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27205 by Humza Yousaf on 17 September 2015, which sub-sections of section 32 of the Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) 2002 it considers allow it to refuse to confirm or deny whether the case of Shaker Aamer was raised at the meeting between the First Minister and the US Deputy Secretary of State.
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Question reference: S4W-27636
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27205 by Humza Yousaf on 17 September 2015, what details of the meeting between the First Minister and the US Deputy Secretary of State it has reported to the UK Government.
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Question reference: S4W-27634
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27205 by Humza Yousaf on 17 September 2015, whether, in light of Mr Yousaf's statement on Good Morning Scotland on 8 September 2015 that the UK Government should share international and security information with party leaders, it will share with Scottish party leaders information on whether the case of Shaker Aamer was raised at the meeting between the First Minister and the US Deputy Secretary of State.
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Question reference: S4W-27638
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27206 by Humza Yousaf on 17 September 2015, whether it has asked the UK Government if it would assist it in securing the release of Shaker Aamer if Scottish ministers informed MSPs in parliamentary answers whether the case was raised by the First Minister at her meeting with the US Deputy Secretary of State.
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Question reference: S4W-27787
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 15 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what recent (a) discussions and (b) correspondence it has had with Loganair regarding the reliability of flights between Shetland and mainland Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-27485
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government when it will reach a decision on whether to endorse the proposed closure of the Inverness Surveillance Veterinary Centre by the Scottish Rural Affairs College.
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Question reference: S4W-27249
- Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 October 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what price per litre (a) it pays and (b) its agencies pay dairy producers based in Scotland, and what information it has regarding how this compares with the cost of production.
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