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: S4W-14641
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take to improve air quality and whether it will provide additional assistance to local authorities to help them meet air quality standards.
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Question reference: S4W-14640
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to meet its air quality standard objectives and what information it has on how this compares to those set by the (a) UK and (b) EU.
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Question reference: S4W-14643
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commission an audit of local authority air quality action plans in order to establish whether their air pollution targets are being met.
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Question reference: S4W-14645
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it is providing to Fife Council to address pollution in Cupar's air quality management areas.
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Question reference: S4W-14639
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its air quality standard objectives, whether it plans to hold discussions with the UK Government regarding the recent Supreme Court ruling that the UK has failed to deliver improvements in air quality in the appropriate timescale.
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Question reference: S4O-02143
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the Educational Psychologists Workforce Planning Group.
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Question reference: S4W-14139
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide financial assistance to farmers for the purchase of extra feed as a result of the recent bad weather conditions.
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Question reference: S4W-14143
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many meetings it has had in the last year with and (b) what support it offers to the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution.
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Question reference: S4O-02132
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Scotland regarding the decision to cancel the Dunfermline-based Sheds Hairdressing’s contract to provide hairpieces.
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Question reference: S4W-14121
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it became aware of reports regarding the mislabelling of fish in the retail sector and what action it took.
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