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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-03695
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the 42 formal flood protection schemes or engineering works referred to in the Floor Risk Management Plan for Scotland, which were planned to start between 2016 and 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-03697
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to flood prevention schemes in each local authority since April 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-03694
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers to local authorities to make property-level protection products available at an affordable price to properties at risk of flooding.
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Question reference: S5W-03700
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the availability and affordability of flood insurance.
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Question reference: S5W-03698
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28860 by Aileen McLeod on 5 January 2016, what funding it has allocated to (a) the natural flood management (i) studies and (ii) ground works since April 2016 and (b) its “research to better understand how actions such as wetland creation, re-meandering and woodland planting can contribute to slowing and storing flood waters and help alleviate flooding to communities downstream", and who will deliver this research.
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Question reference: S5W-03679
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish details of its updated strategy on diet and obesity, and how will this align with its commitment to a Good Food Nation Bill.
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Question reference: S5W-03874
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government on the continuation of food name protection, including Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indicators and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed in order to retain these protections in the domestic market following the UK’s exit from the EU.
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Question reference: S5W-03873
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to introducing domestic legislation to ensure continued protection for protected food names in Scotland, in light of the UK’s vote to leave the EU.
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Question reference: S5W-03346
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 31 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Scotland has been listed as exempt from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
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Question reference: S5W-03677
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 31 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will issue a response to the Concluding Observations of the Sixth Periodic Report on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which was published by UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on 14 July 2016.
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