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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)
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Question reference: S4W-10620

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government who recommended that it should not pursue the appeal against the ruling of the Scottish Information Commissioner regarding an independent Scotland's position in the EU and on what date.

Question reference: S4W-10619

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings were held regarding its decision not to pursue the appeal against the ruling of the Scottish Information Commissioner regarding an independent Scotland's position in the EU and on (a) what dates and (b) who attended.

Question reference: S4W-10618

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government who was involved in making the decision not to pursue the appeal against the ruling of the Scottish Information Commissioner regarding an independent Scotland's position in the EU.

Question reference: S4W-10561

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the difference is between the legal advice of the Law Officers referred to by Alex Salmond in an interview with Andrew Neil on 4 March 2012 and the legal advice of the Law Officers commissioned by Nicola Sturgeon and referred to in her statement on 23 October 2012.

Question reference: S4W-10560

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether legal advice was sought to substantiate the assertion in Your Scotland, Your Referendum that “Under independence, Scotland would have the rights and responsibilities of a normal, sovereign state and continue its membership in the European Union” and, if so, (a) on what date, (b) who requested it, (c) who provided it, (d) to whom it was provided, (e) what it stated and (f) whether any concerns were raised.

Question reference: S4W-10553

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by Alex Salmond on 23 October 2012 (Official Report, c. 12472), that Choosing Scotland’s Future, Your Scotland, Your Voice and Your Scotland, Your Referendum “are underpinned by legal advice”, on what date legal advice was sought; which Law Officer provided it and in what format; which (a) ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials had access to it, and whether it will publish the advice.

Question reference: S4W-10551

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 October 2012 (Official Report, c. 12408), on what date the Deputy First Minister (a) sought and (b) received the prior agreement of the Lord Advocate to state that the Scottish Government had not sought specific legal advice on the EU membership of an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-10550

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 October 2012 (Official Report, c. 12408), whether it will publish the “specific legal advice” and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S4W-10567

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to Nicola Sturgeon's statement on 23 October 2012 (Official Report, c. 12408), whether the commissioning of legal advice from the Law Officers on the position of an independent Scotland in the EU would have been ultra vires prior to the signing of the so-called Edinburgh agreement and, if so, for what reason.

Question reference: S4W-10562

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what its definition of legal advice is.