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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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Question reference: S4W-10701

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 13 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions Forestry Commission Scotland has had with partner organisations across the UK on the Chalara fraxinea fungus.

Forestry Commission Scotland and the Scottish Government have worked closely with other parts of the Forestry Commission and Defra regarding the Chalara fraxinea fungus and through them have maintained close contact with the Welsh Government and the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland and data has been shared with colleagues in the republic of Ireland. Scottish Ministers have participated in recent COBR meetings held to co-ordinate a pan British Isles response to the disease.

Question reference: S4W-10261

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 12 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what instructions the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and his officials have issued to the Scottish Qualifications Authority regarding which topics in the new National 5 and higher English examinations will be mandatory rather than optional.

Question reference: S4W-10260

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 12 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what instructions the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and his officials have issued to the Scottish Qualifications Authority regarding the subject content to be included in the new National 5 and higher English examinations.

As announced on 25 January 2012, Ministers accepted the recommendation of the Scottish Studies Working Group that a specific element on Scottish texts should be included in the external course assessment for the new Higher English courses. This was later extended to National 5, and officials advised SQA of this decision.

Decisions on how this recommendation was implemented remained with SQA through their established qualifications development processes working within the Curriculum for Excellence Framework.

Question reference: S4O-01474

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the impact of the closure of rural GP surgeries.

Question reference: S4F-00952

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2012

To ask the First Minister what support the Scottish Government is providing to female college students.

Question reference: S4O-01453

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

Question reference: S4F-00909

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 October 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 October 2012

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government considers that wind farms do not have a negative impact on the landscape.

Question reference: S4W-09932

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding would be required to support students from the rest of the UK studying in Scotland if the country became an independent member of the EU and what discussions it has had regarding this.

Question reference: S4O-01350

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made to increase digital participation across Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-01311

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of emergency surgery provision for rural communities.