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-21783
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to prevent the killing of beavers in the period up until they are made a European Protected Species, in light of reports that a shot beaver was found dead on a wildlife reserve in Tayside.
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Question reference: S5W-21820
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in allowing juvenile raptors to be taken from Special Protection Areas to be reared under protective conditions for subsequent release.
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Question reference: S5W-21821
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what impact Brexit may have on European bird census data gathering and sharing.
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Question reference: S5W-21416
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the deaths of four horses at Musselburgh Racecourse at a meeting on 3 December 2018, and, in light of this incident, what discussions it has held with management at (a) Musselburgh and (b) Scotland’s other racecourses regarding animal welfare at meetings.
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Question reference: S5W-21417
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether horseracing is covered by the Scottish Government Code of Practice for the Welfare of Equidae.
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Question reference: S5W-21415
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which public bodies have responsibility for overseeing the welfare of racehorses in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-21420
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on holding an inquiry into animal welfare in the horseracing industry in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-21419
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the British Horseracing Authority’s investigation into the deaths of several horses at the 2018 Cheltenham Festival, and what action it has taken to apply the recommendations made by this to race courses in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-21591
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kezia Dugdale on 1 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many MSPs use the Parliament car park at least once a week, broken down by (a) party and (b) parliamentary region.
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Question reference: S5W-21592
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kezia Dugdale on 1 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many Parliament car park spaces are allocated to (a) MSPs, (b) MSP staff and (c) other staff on average each week.
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