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-18203
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 30 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings its ministers have had with the Minister of State for Trade and Investment or Minister of State for Trade since the EU referendum.
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Question reference: S5W-18204
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 30 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings its ministers have had with the Secretary of State for International Trade since the EU referendum.
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Question reference: S5O-02321
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle overcrowding on rail services between Edinburgh and Dunblane.
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Question reference: S5W-17652
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it will make a decision on which projects will be awarded funding from the Local Rail Development Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-17302
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in addressing marine pollution issues caused by plastic microfibres.
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Question reference: S5W-17504
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-16950 by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 June 2018, whether (a) it will use its new powers to withdraw the two existing fracking licences at the earliest opportunity and (b) PEDL 162 will not be renewed when it expires on 30 June 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-17458
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the impact of Scotland's growing waste incineration capacity on recycling targets.
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Question reference: S5W-17301
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Andy Wightman (on behalf of the SPCB) on 26 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether the system used for the selection of members to ask portfolio questions is operating as planned.
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Question reference: S5W-17151
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish Natural Heritage-owned national nature reserves have received less than £5,000 for habitat management and species conservation, excluding for access and other infrastructure projects and promotional events, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-17152
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how much and (b) what proportion of Scottish Natural Heritage's budget for national nature reserves has come from (i) the Peatland Action Fund and (ii) other similar sources in each of the last five years.
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