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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: S4W-26990

Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had discussions with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service regarding prosecutions of those responsible for the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2008.

Question reference: S4W-26197

Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 10 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it will launch its consultation on how the dispensation on the time-bar on civil cases involving historic child sex abuse is used.

Question reference: S4W-26343

Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who were subject to a stop and search in the (a) Ayr, (b) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, (c) Clydesdale, (d) East Lothian, (e) Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, (f) Galloway and West Dumfries, (g) Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and (h) Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency in 2013-14 were stopped more than once, and what information it has on how many times each person was stopped.

Question reference: S4W-26342

Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the stop and searches in the (a) Ayr, (b) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, (c) Clydesdale, (d) East Lothian, (e) Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, (f) Galloway and West Dumfries, (g) Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and (h) Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency in 2013-14 resulted in a positive finding.

Question reference: S4W-26341

Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 July 2015

Question reference: S4W-26344

Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many stop and searches were conducted in the (a) Ayr, (b) Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, (c) Clydesdale, (d) East Lothian, (e) Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, (f) Galloway and West Dumfries, (g) Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and (h) Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency in 2013-14, broken down by people aged (i) under 12, (ii) 12 to 15, (iii) 16 to 25 and (iv) over 25.

Question reference: S4W-26340

Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 June 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to reduce the number of stop and searches in South Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-04465

Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in establishing cultural links between Scotland and China.

Question reference: S4W-25682

Asked by: Graeme Pearson, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) chair, (b) panel and (c) remit of the national public inquiry into historical abuse of children in institutional care will be announced and what the reasons are for the further delay.

As announced in my statement to Parliament on 28 May 2015, I have appointed Susan O’Brien QC to chair the national inquiry into historical child abuse.

In relation to an inquiry panel, it is my intention that the chair will be supported by a panel with the right balance of skills and expertise. I can confirm there will be an open and transparent nomination and appointment process and further details on how we intend to achieve this will be available no later than end of July 2015.

In arriving at the terms of reference, the Scottish Government engaged with survivors and other interested parties to seek views on the scope of the inquiry. The full terms of reference are available on the Scottish Government website at:

www.gov.scot/historicalchildabuse.

Question reference: S4O-04237

Current Status: Withdrawn