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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 21 June 2025
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Question reference: S1W-29659

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current General Agreement on Trade in Services negotiations on trade in services will limit its ability to bring forward legislation affecting education.

Question reference: S1W-29661

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what it understands to be the definition of "liberalisation" under the General Agreement on Trade in Services proposals on trade in services as it will affect primary education.

Question reference: S1W-29400

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what form the training announced in its press release SESJ055/2002 will take.

Question reference: S1W-29398

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people will be helped back into work by the provision of #20 million for child care over three years as announced in its press release SESJ055/2002.

Question reference: S1W-29404

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs it will create through the measures announced in its press release SESJ055/2002.

Question reference: S1W-29339

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why the education indicator for target 3 of the social justice section of its 2003-06 spending proposals does not include the target of every teacher having access to a classroom computer.

Question reference: S1W-29341

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why the justice indicator for target 3 of the social justice section of its 2003-06 spending proposals is restricted to house-breaking.

Question reference: S1W-29352

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why the health indicators for target 3 of the social justice section of its 2003-06 spending proposals do not include dental decay among five-year-olds in line with milestone 5 of the Social Justice Annual Report Scotland 2001 - A Scotland where everyone matters.

Question reference: S1W-29358

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why milestone 2 of the Social Justice Annual Report Scotland 2001 - A Scotland where everyone matters, reducing the proportion of our children living in low income households, is not an objective, target or indicator in the social justice section of its 2003-06 spending proposals.

Question reference: S1W-29349

  • Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2002
  • Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 September 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why the health indicators for target 3 of the social justice section of its 2003-06 spending proposals do not include smoking in line with milestone 18 of the Social Justice Annual Report Scotland 2001 - A Scotland where everyone matters.