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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-19654

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 role (a) its agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies have had in (i) promoting or (ii) explaining Scotland’s Future: Your Guide to an Independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-19655

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 events have been organised 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 this was met by (A) Scottish Government spending on the referendum or (B) the budgets of the agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

Question reference: S4T-00600

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 February 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comments of the President of the European Commission that it would be “extremely difficult, if not impossible" for an independent Scotland to join the EU.

Question reference: S4O-02897

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to comments 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: S4O-02824

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its national litter strategy.

Question reference: S4O-02792

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recent Financial Times survey on how a vote for independence would affect the Scottish economy and the rest of the UK in 2014.

Question reference: S4O-02756

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the EU regarding objective justification for charging UK students tuition fees but not students from other EU countries in the event of Scotland becoming independent.

Question reference: S4O-02739

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the costs of promoting the white paper on independence.

Question reference: S4O-02661

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the World Forum on Natural Capital that was held in Edinburgh recently.

Question reference: S4W-18115

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to organisations that help women who have experienced (a) miscarriages, (b) stillbirths and (c) neonatal losses.