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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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  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 9 June 2025
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Question reference: S3W-27401

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what new bodies have been created in the areas of (a) regional planning and (b) criminal justice since May 2007.

Question reference: S3W-27212

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-26509 by Stewart Stevenson on 10 September 2009, whether it will clarify the situation regarding eligibility criteria for the free bus travel scheme for those who will become eligible in the next decade.

Question reference: S3W-27347

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it is considering for the future of prison visiting committees.

Question reference: S3W-27403

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive on what subjects counsel’s opinion has been obtained by (a) it and (b) its agencies since May 2007; which advocates have provided the advice or opinion, and at what cost.

Question reference: S3W-27112

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 24 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what officials were involved in the drafting and preparation of Europe and Foreign Affairs: Taking Forward our National Conversation and what the estimate is of the time it took.

Question reference: S3W-27353

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what further consideration it has given since January 2008 to proposals for a fast ferry crossing of the Firth of Forth. 

Question reference: S3W-26542

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 August 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive why question S3W-25138, lodged on 23 June 2009, has not yet been given a substantive answer.

Question reference: S3W-27213

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-25137 by John Swinney on 10 September 2009, what the salary is for each post for which an appointment has been made.

Question reference: S3W-27110

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of printing and publishing Europe and Foreign Affairs: Taking Forward our National Conversation.

Question reference: S3W-27308

  • Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what journeys have been taken by official car by each eligible civil servant since September 2008.Â