Questions and answers
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-02956
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 27 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when it believes urban air quality will reach the specified Scottish and European standards.
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Question reference: S4W-19750
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Linda Fabiani on 27 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what its policy is on the purchase of fairly traded products.
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Question reference: S4O-02966
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2014
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports local authorities with a high proportion of tenement housing to improve recycling in those areas.
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Question reference: S4W-19748
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 February 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government which (a) NHS boards and (b) non-departmental public bodies have purchasing policies that refer to fairly traded products and what they require.
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Question reference: S4O-02906
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2014
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of Edinburgh College and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S4O-02881
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2014
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how an independent Scotland would increase inward investment in the film and television sectors.
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Question reference: S4O-02844
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2014
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how it would use policy levers in an independent Scotland to increase life expectancy.
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Question reference: S4O-02827
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2014
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what steps the Scottish Funding Council is taking to implement section 15 of the Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013.
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Question reference: S4W-19024
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 15 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) it or (b) the NHS is aware of residents of Scotland seeking private organ transplants abroad and, if so, in which countries and on what scale.
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Question reference: S4W-19106
- Asked by: Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what decision-making process NHS Lothian carried out prior to agreeing funding from its Strategic Mental Health Interventions Fund for 2013 to 2016.