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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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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: S4T-00667

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the cause of the electricity power cut, which affected people in the north of Scotland on 17 April 2014.

Question reference: S4T-00658

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 31 March 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II report, what action it will take to meet the challenge of uncontrolled climate change.

Question reference: S4O-02995

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing has had with NHS boards regarding recruitment of consultants for remote northern and island hospitals.

Question reference: S4O-02984

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on reducing the transmission and access charges to the grid for marine and islands renewable energy.

Question reference: S4W-19729

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what the combined carbon emissions has been from Scotland’s power stations in each year since 2006.

Question reference: S4O-02952

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on abolishing so-called slipper farming.

Question reference: S4O-02920

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how pump storage will add to Scotland's clean energy sustainability.

Question reference: S4O-02812

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in determining whether rendition flights have touched down at Scottish airports.

Question reference: S4O-02795

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on HM Treasury figures that suggest that Scotland has experienced larger budget reductions than London and south east England.

Question reference: S4O-02774

  • Asked by: Rob Gibson, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to repair the Cromarty Bridge.