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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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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 6 October 2025
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Question reference: S4W-21545

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government who took the decision not to publish an estimate of the transition costs to independence in the white paper on independence.

Question reference: S4W-21547

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 May 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers have, in the last two years, instructed officials to cease work on the preparation of estimates of the transition costs to independence in the event of a Yes vote in the referendum.

Question reference: S4F-02186

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 June 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2014

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

Question reference: S4F-02164

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 June 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2014

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

Question reference: S4F-02125

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2014

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

Question reference: S4F-02108

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2014

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

Question reference: S4W-20704

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) 16 and (b) 17-year-olds have registered to vote in the referendum on independence.

Question reference: S4T-00686

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the National Review of Asthma Deaths, which suggests that some deaths from the condition arise because of complacency among both medical staff and patients.

Question reference: S4F-02068

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 May 2014

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

Question reference: S4W-20667

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 April 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the assessment in the Oxford Economics report, The potential implications of independence for businesses in Scotland, that its policy on corporation tax would take 10 to 15 years to pay for itself.