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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-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.

Question reference: S4O-02570

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to make transport accessible, affordable and available for disabled people.

The Scottish Government is committed to equality and inclusiveness across Scotland’s entire transport network and regularly brings together a number of key transport stakeholders and representatives of disability organisations to discuss the accessibility, affordability and availability of transport for disabled people.

The Scottish Government sponsors the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland who continue to promote the travel needs of disabled people directly with transport planners, operators and infrastructure providers.

Question reference: S4F-01674

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2013

To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the Scottish Government's discussions regarding the future of the Clyde shipyards.

Question reference: S4W-17246

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what information it collates regarding the use of so-called zero-hours contracts.

Employment law is a reserved matter and statistics on zero-hours contracts are currently produced by the UK Government using the Labour Force Survey. Estimates for Scotland are not available due to the size of the sample. The Scottish Government welcomes the recent statement from the Director General of the Office for National Statistics which confirmed that “there is a clear need for better statistics” and outlined plans to enhance business surveys. The Scottish Government considers that this important work should be progressed quickly, and also provide improved Scotland-specific information.

Question reference: S4O-02482

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has with the UK Government regarding economic development programmes.

Question reference: S4W-17245

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will encourage further and higher education institutions not to use so-called zero-hours contracts.

Question reference: S4W-17244

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 1 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the effect of so-called zero-hours contracts in colleges and universities on (a) educational outcomes and (b) student satisfaction.

Question reference: S4W-16903

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 26 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are for a provisional constitution should Scotland separate from the rest of the UK; who would (a) draft and (b) approve this; whether it would be in place on the day of secession, and how long it would take for the so-called people's constitution to come into force.

The Scottish Government’s plans for a constitutional platform to come into force from Scotland’s independence day are set out in the Scottish Government publication Scotland’s Future: from the Referendum to Independence and a Written Constitution:#

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00413757.pdf.

Paragraphs 2.12 of the document states that the Scottish Government and parliament will have the leading role in legislating for the creation of the constitutional platform, while paragraph 2.13 explains that part of the platform will involve Westminster passing legislation, for example to acknowledge the end of its power to legislate for Scotland.

Paragraph 1.8 of Scotland’s Future states that the post-independence Scottish constitutional convention will convene under the auspices of the Scottish Parliament, that the remit and membership of the convention should be a matter for the parliament to determine and that the parliament should also determine the process by which the constitution produced by the convention will become the constitution of Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-16870

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether a ministerial statement will be made on the day that it publishes its white paper on its plans to separate Scotland from the rest of the UK.

Question reference: S4W-16874

Asked by: Drew Smith, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many copies of its white paper on its plans to separate Scotland from the rest of the UK will be printed and how these will be circulated.

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