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
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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Question reference: S4W-08705
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many prosecutions there have been under section 51 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, broken down by year.
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Question reference: S4W-08702
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many prosecutions there have been under section (a) 50 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and (b) 12 of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S4O-01190
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Indonesian Government.
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Question reference: S4O-01090
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the possibility of waste material being transported from Dounreay to Sellafield.
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Question reference: S4O-01043
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in implementing Scotland’s Digital Future - Infrastructure Action Plan.
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Question reference: S4F-00661
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 May 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 May 2012
To ask the First Minister what impact the recent increase in the cost of postage will have on the Scottish economy.
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Question reference: S4O-00937
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 26 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive at what stage phase III of the Scotland’s Schools for the Future programme is.
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Question reference: S4W-06438
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Lesley Thomson on 12 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service about its staff or representatives discussing the matter of a precognition with an individual approached for precognition by counsel for an appellant.
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Question reference: S4W-06308
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what regulations there are requiring haulage companies to obtain an escort for their vehicles on public roads.
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Question reference: S4W-06310
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 April 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive under what authority the police can charge haulage companies for escort duties on public roads.