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Questions and answers

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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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 8 October 2025
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Question reference: S4W-09100

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce which communities will recieve funding from the first phase of the Community Broadband Scotland initiative.

Question reference: S4W-09103

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the criteria were for selecting the communities that will recieve funding from the first phase of the Community Broadband Scotland initiative.

Question reference: S4W-09102

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when the first case study reports will be produced under the Community Broadband Scotland initiative.

Question reference: S4W-09007

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government who was (a) invited to and (b) attended each event held at Scotland House in London during the Olympic Games.

Question reference: S4W-09004

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it discussed with the Scotland Office using Dover House as the base for Scotland House in London during the Olympic Games and, if so, how much (a) Dover House would have cost and (b) for what reason it did not use it.

Question reference: S4W-09003

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the cost was of establishing Scotland House in London during the Olympic Games and from which budget line this was taken.

Question reference: S4W-09006

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it discussed with the Scottish Development International using their London office as the base for Scotland House in London during the Olympic Games and, if so, (a) how much the office would have cost and (b) for what reason it did not use it.

Question reference: S4W-08596

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when a review was last carried out of the MMR vaccine in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-08593

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the case in the USA under the whistleblower statute in which two scientists previously employed by Merck allege that the company engaged in fraud to hide the fact that the mumps element of the MMR vaccine is not as effective as the company claims.

Question reference: S4W-08592

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-08223 by Michael Matheson on 28 June 2012, whether it will review the safety of the MMR vaccine and hold an inquiry into the management of the immunisation programme.