SPCB Written Question · S2W-28941 · Session 2
Whether it will conduct a cycle of repetitive tests, using the names submitted for the computerised ballot of MSPs’ names for oral question…
The question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will conduct a cycle of repetitive tests, using the names submitted for the computerised ballot of MSPs’ names for oral questions, the results of which were published in the Business Bulletin of 5 October 2006, to establish how many such tests it is necessary to execute before a set of results is produced that includes a successful outcome for every name submitted and in doing so whether it will publish the number of names submitted to each part of that ballot.
The answer
The SPCB will not conduct acycle of repetitive tests as described as any such tests would not produceinformative results. The tests could be repeatedly run for the same sample of membersand the outcome is likely to be different every time due to the nature of theprocess. It is possible that after only a few runs all the members’ names areselected, however, conversely it is also possible that it will take many runsto select all of the members’ names within a given sample.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-28941 by reference.