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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.

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Question reference: S4W-08384

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how long it has allowed for analysis of the responses to its consultation, Your Scotland, Your Referendum, and for what reason.

Question reference: S4W-08386

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive, given the slippage in the timetable for publication of responses to and analysis of The Registration of Civil Partnerships Same Sex Marriage: A Consultation, as noted by the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy on 27 June 2012 (Official Report, c. 10687), what safeguards it has put in place to ensure that there is no delay in the publication of the analysis of the responses to its consultation, Your Scotland, Your Referendum.

Question reference: S4W-08387

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what length of time it recommends is allocated to (a) analyse and (b) publish consultation responses.

Question reference: S4W-08385

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it is due to receive the analysis of its consultation, Your Scotland, Your Referendum.

Question reference: S4W-08383

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it will publish (a) the responses to, (b) the analysis of and (c) its response to its consultation, Your Scotland, Your Referendum.

<>The responses to the Scottish Government’s consultation, Your Scotland, Your Referendum, are currently being analysed by independent researchers who have verified that over 26,000 valid responses were received. The report of the analysis will be published after the Scottish Parliament returns from the summer recess. This is in line with the timetable set out in the consultation paper http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0038/00386125.pdf.

Question reference: S4W-08388

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 June 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 1 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive, for each of its consultations published in the last year, how many days there were between the closure of the consultation and the publication of the (a) responses, (b) analysis and (c) the Scottish Government’s response.

Question reference: S4O-01203

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what investment it plans for town centres and high streets.

Question reference: S4W-07168

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 11 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 28 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider individual submissions to the Referendum Consultation received via a third party.

Question reference: S4W-07167

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 11 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 28 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider submissions to the Your Scotland, Your Referendum consultation that have been made by routes other than those outlined in the document.

Question reference: S4W-07023

Asked by: Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact will be on listed buildings in Scotland of the UK's Government's proposal to withdraw VAT relief on approved alterations to them and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

The UK Government’s proposal is clearly a deeply regrettable step in the opposite direction from the approach that the Scottish Ministers advocate. Maintaining the VAT relief on alterations to listed buildings, and reducing the VAT rate applicable to repairs and maintenance, would be important positive steps which would stimulate economic activity in a sector worth around £2.3 billion gross value added to Scotland’s economy, a significant proportion of which is attributable to construction activity. It would further bring empty homes back into use, reduce the incentive to use non-VAT registered contractors and help improve the condition of houses.

I wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 26 April urging him to withdraw from this policy.