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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 7 July 2025
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Question reference: S4W-21150

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many Caledonian MacBrayne employees will work on preparing the company's bid for the 2016-22 Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract.

Question reference: S4O-03311

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the Chief Constable.

Question reference: S4O-03267

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland’s comment that the white paper on independence “contained very little detail on tax”.

Question reference: S4W-20705

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 8 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what events promoting the white paper on independence have taken place since November 2013, broken down by (a) parliamentary region and (b) minister and number of accompanying civil servants who attended.

Question reference: S4W-20453

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on convenience store owners of the introduction of plain packaging for tobacco products.

Question reference: S4O-03054

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what share of the UK Research Councils' funding Scottish universities currently receive.

Question reference: S4O-03036

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 19 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will take action to regulate very short-term private housing lets.

Question reference: S4W-20019

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how its plan to abolish the married couples' tax allowance if Scotland becomes independent would impact on couples who qualify for the allowance as a result of at least one partner being born before 6 April 1935.

Question reference: S4O-03013

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the comment by the European Commissioner for Education that any attempt to treat Scottish and non-Scottish students differently could be regarded as "a covert form of discrimination on grounds of nationality".

Question reference: S4W-19656

  • Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what publications have been produced by (a) its agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies to (i) promote or (ii) explain Scotland’s Future: Your Guide to an Independent Scotland; what the cost was, and whether it was met by (A) Scottish Government spending on the referendum or (B) the budgets of the agencies and non-departmental public bodies.