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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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Question reference: S4O-01093

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Tenant Farming Forum will deliver timeous solutions to simplify the rent review system for the tenanted farming sector.

Question reference: S4O-01027

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the implications are of the discovery of faults in Scottish Ambulance Service air ambulance helicopters.

Question reference: S4O-00968

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether recipients of feed-in tariff payments for renewable electricity production and heat incentives will have their contracts honoured in the event of energy policy being fully devolved.

The Scottish Government recognises the important contribution that projects supported by the UK Feed-in Tariff and Renewable Heat Incentive schemes will make towards our Renewables Routemap to 2020. There is no reason whatsoever that those who have invested under the terms of existing mechanisms and arrangements should not continue to receive support following changes to the devolved settlement.

In the meantime, we have opened the door for discussions on many issues through the Independence Referendum Consultation. I welcome the Prime Minister's recent statement that the UK Government will always honour those renewable projects in respect of which it has entered a commitment.

Question reference: S4F-00647

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2012

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the findings of the report by the Jimmy Reid Foundation, The Silent Crisis: Failure and Revival in Local Democracy in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-00794

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities are keeping to the spirit of the order that allows charging for free events held under public entertainment licences.

Question reference: S4O-00771

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the green energy and climate change-related studies offered by colleges and universities and the numbers of students on these.

Question reference: S4O-00698

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it can take to mitigate the economic impact of high delivery charges and road fuel taxes on sparsely populated areas.

Question reference: S4O-00692

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will review the varieties of apple trees in the Parliament garden to ensure that they cross-pollinate.

Question reference: S4O-00680

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made to accommodate upland grazing interests and forestry development targets.

Question reference: S4W-04920

Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 20 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding how the Coastal Communities Fund will be administered and operated in a way that provides most benefit to community and other coastal-based groups.