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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-11010

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the report in the Sunday Herald on 4 November 2012, whether the Lord Advocate or the Solicitor General were consulted on the reported changes made to the Scottish Ministerial Code in December 2011 and, if so, when; by whom, and what advice they gave.

Question reference: S4W-11007

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all correspondence relating to the Deputy First Minister's request for permission to state the non-existence of legal advice on whether an independent Scotland would be a member of the EU.

Question reference: S4W-11005

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Law Officers consider that they were consulted on whether an independence referendum without a section 30 order would be legal and, if so, when; by whom, and what advice they provided.

Question reference: S4W-10588

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Solicitor General considers that she read (a) the whole of or (b) any part of (i) Choosing Scotland’s Future, (ii) Your Scotland, Your Voice and (iii) Your Scotland, Your Referendum before publication and, if so, on what date and what was asked of her.

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.