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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 29 May 2025
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Question reference: S1W-18349

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 4 October 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued a consultation paper on the disbursement of funds to local authorities for the development of proposals designed to ensure compliance with the terms of the EU landfill directive; if so, to whom this paper has been issued, and, if this does not include local authorities, whether it intends to consult local authorities on this issue.

Question reference: S1W-17630

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact that the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 has had or will have in relation to parents' ability to choose which mainstream school they wish their disabled child to attend.

Question reference: S1W-17628

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 25 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been given to local authorities about the extent to which parents of a disabled child may choose the mainstream school that they wish their child to attend.

Question reference: S1W-18009

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the eligibility rules for civil legal aid.

Question reference: S1W-18011

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 21 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review civil legal aid remuneration rates for solicitors.

Question reference: S1W-18012

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what input it had to the review of tribunals recently undertaken by Sir Andrew Leggett.

Question reference: S1W-18013

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to respond to the consultation paper Tribunals for Users published by the Lord Chancellor's Department on 16 August 2001.

Question reference: S1W-18008

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the operation of civil legal aid.

Question reference: S1W-18010

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there were for civil legal aid in each of the last five years and how many applications were granted in each of these years.

Question reference: S1W-18014

  • Asked by: Margaret Jamieson, MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 September 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to carry out a review of Scottish tribunals which operate in devolved areas.