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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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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 8 June 2025
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Question reference: S3W-17819

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what official journeys have been undertaken by the First Minister by train or bus since 1 September 2008.

Question reference: S3W-17305

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide substantive answers to questions S3W-15852 and S3W-15851, which received holding replies on 29 September 2008.

Question reference: S3W-17895

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 19 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the committees and sub-committees of the Cabinet and the membership of each.

Question reference: S3W-17896

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 19 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the dates of meetings of the committees and sub-committees of the Cabinet since May 2007.

Question reference: S3W-17822

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many judges and sheriffs appointed since May 2007 were educated principally at private schools.

Question reference: S3W-16307

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all meetings that its ministers and officials have had with the Chair of the Scottish Futures Trust company since May 2007, showing the (a) purpose and (b) location of each meeting.

Question reference: S3W-17897

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the public speaking engagements for each Scottish minister since May 2007.

Question reference: S3W-17898

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many official engagements each minister has undertaken since May 2007.

Question reference: S3W-17829

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 17 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Cabinet meetings each law officer has attended since May 2007.

Question reference: S3W-15878

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 November 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S3W-15400 and S3W-15148 by John Swinney on 6 and 28 August 2008, on which days the car parking fines listed were incurred and, according to routinely kept records of Government Car Service passengers, which ministers travelled in cars in the cities concerned on those days.