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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.

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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 1 May 2024
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Question reference: S6W-25078

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 March 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Decision 004/2023 of the Scottish Information Commissioner, whether it will list the (a) name and (b) job title of each of its civil servants that were appointed to the secretariat that assisted James Hamilton in his investigation into whether the former First Minister had complied with the Scottish Ministerial Code, as described in the Commissioner's decision; whether any of the civil servants appointed to this secretariat were special advisers, and, if so, and in the event that any special advisers were involved in the process of deciding what parts of the Hamilton Report to redact, whether it will propose the scheduling of time for a ministerial statement on this matter.