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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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 25 December 2025
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Question reference: S4W-14544

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13939 by John Swinney on 25 April 2013, what topics were discussed during its meeting with the New Zealand Commerce Commission and where this meeting was held.

Question reference: S4W-14550

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13945 by John Swinney on 23 April 2013, whether it will publish the information that it received from each regulator that it used to make its calculation in the report.

Question reference: S4W-14548

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13943 by John Swinney on 23 April 2013, for what reason it has not published its dialogue with the governments and regulators of Australia and New Zealand used to underpin the report.

Question reference: S4W-14546

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to questions S4W-13941 and S4W-13942 by John Swinney on 23 April 2013, whether it will publish (a) the material on health and safety regulation and (b) its conclusion on what it considers the best option for the function of competition appeals and, if so, whether this will be prior to the publication of the white paper.

Question reference: S4W-14542

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13939 by John Swinney on 25 April 2013, when its meeting with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was held; what topics were discussed, and whether these included discussions on the theoretical joint governance of the CAA between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Question reference: S4F-01356

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 May 2013

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.  

Question reference: S4W-14344

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13809 by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 April 2013, what the names are of the independent advisers on pensions from whom advice has been sought by officials.

Question reference: S4F-01341

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 May 2013

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4W-13931

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which UK regulators it consulted in preparing its report, Economic and Competition Regulation in an Independent Scotland and whether it will publish any evidence received.

Question reference: S4W-13939

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 April 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, in preparing its report, Economic and Competition Regulation in an Independent Scotland, what discussions it had with the (a) Civil Aviation Authority and (b) New Zealand Commerce Commission.