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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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Question reference: S4O-00845

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines there are for police on how to treat children when arresting a parent.

Question reference: S4W-05704

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have an agreement with the Scottish Prison Service regarding private companies supplying their medical care.

Question reference: S4W-05703

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what provisions it has in place for prisoners who have private medical insurance.

Question reference: S4W-05552

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 7 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05263 by Bruce Crawford on 8 February 2012, whether it will address the specific issue raised in the question as to whether it will be possible for an independent Scotland to subsequently rejoin the United Kingdom if a majority of the Scottish people demands it.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-05263 on 8 February 2012. We are confident that a yes vote in the referendum will result in a stable and enduring position for Scotland amongst the independent nations of the world in the context of a continuing social union with the other nations of these islands.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

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Question reference: S4W-05467

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 5 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to regenerate HMNB Clyde and the surrounding areas in a Scotland separated from the rest of the United Kingdom.

The Scottish Government’s proposal for Scotland is not “separation” but Independence, based on new relationships of equality to make our nation more successful and to improve the lives of the people who live in Scotland. Scottish ministers have provided a commitment to operate conventional naval forces from HMNB Clyde following independence. We believe that the Trident weapons system currently based on the Clyde is not sustainable morally, strategically or economically, and that the release of Scotland’s share of the costs of both running and replacing Trident, which equates to around £153 million in tax contributions each year plus a further estimated £85 million per year for 15 years, would support HMNB Clyde and the surrounding area.

Question reference: S4W-05464

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 5 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will maintain the current levels of welfare benefits in a Scotland separated from the rest of the United Kingdom or adopt the reforms planned by the UK Government.

Question reference: S4W-05459

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 5 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether a Scotland separated from the rest of the United Kingdom will have its own Supreme Court.

<>The Scottish Government’s proposal for Scotland is not “separation”, but independence, with a new relationship of equality between Scotland and the other nations of these islands, and a voice in Europe and the wider world. The Scottish Government set out proposals for independence in its publication Your Scotland Your Voice published in 2009 (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/11/26155932/0). The comprehensive white paper on independence to be published in November 2013 will detail the positive platform for Scotland’s future on which Scottish voters will be asked to decide.

Question reference: S4W-05463

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 5 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for the creation of a welfare state in a Scotland separated from the rest of the United Kingdom.

Question reference: S4W-05460

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 5 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for Scottish lords in a Scotland separated from the rest of the United Kingdom.

Question reference: S4W-05521

Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 29 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many lawyers and solicitors are members of black and ethnic minorities.