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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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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 14 September 2025
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Question reference: S1W-15377

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many warnings from Interpol and from other international agencies it or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency have received about the smuggling or illegal dumping of toxic waste since July 1999.

Question reference: S1W-15373

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any quantities of toxic waste have been accepted into Scotland from (a) England, (b) France and (c) elsewhere in the last 20 years and, if so, when and what amounts were involved.

Question reference: S1W-15376

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions of companies or individuals illegally using Scotland to dump toxic waste there have been since July 1999.

Question reference: S1O-03378

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to review its position on support to pensioners with partial or old central heating systems.

Question reference: S1W-14988

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 1 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3221 by Jackie Baillie on 29 March 2001, how many interim leaflets on its central heating scheme have been distributed in the Scottish Borders Council area and how it plans to further publicise the scheme in this area.

Question reference: S1W-15002

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 1 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to S1O-3221 by Jackie Ballie on 29 March 2001, how many interim leaflets on its central heating scheme have been distributed in the Aberdeenshire Council area and how it plans to further publicise the scheme in this area.

Question reference: S1W-14989

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 1 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3221 by Jackie Baillie on 29 March 2001, how many interim leaflets on its central heating scheme have been distributed in the Orkney Islands Council area and how it plans to further publicise the scheme in this area.

Question reference: S1W-14990

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 1 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3221 by Jackie Baillie on 29 March 2001, how many interim leaflets on its central heating scheme have been distributed in the Aberdeen City Council area and how it plans to further publicise the scheme in this area.

Question reference: S1W-14991

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 1 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3221 by Jackie Baillie on 29 March 2001, how many interim leaflets on its central heating scheme have been distributed in the Shetland Islands Council area and how it plans to further publicise the scheme in this area.

Question reference: S1W-14992

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 1 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3221 by Jackie Baillie on 29 March 2001, how many interim leaflets on its central heating scheme have been distributed in the Dumfries and Galloway Council area and how it plans to further publicise the scheme in this area.