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-12152
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Fife who have been charged with (a) murder and (b) a knife crime have been (i) remanded in custody, (ii) granted bail and (iii) granted bail despite opposition from the Crown Office prosecutors in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-11776
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government when it will have completed the 2012 single farm payments to farmers.
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Question reference: S4W-11730
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what independent testing has been carried out to evaluate the impact of (a) Larsen Mate and (b) Elgeeco cage traps on (i) protected species and (ii) species not targeted by the devices.
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Question reference: S4W-11733
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether independent evidence establishing a need to supplement a trap with a (a) Larsen Mate and (b) Elgeeco cage trap is required before a general licence for its use can be granted.
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Question reference: S4W-11732
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on issuing general licences for untested cage traps.
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Question reference: S4W-11729
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what independent testing has been carried out to evaluate the risk of injury to birds and other animals from (a) Larsen Mate and (b) Elgeeco cage traps.
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Question reference: S4W-11731
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 21 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what provision must be made for (a) food, (b) water and (c) shelter for (i) birds and (ii) other animals caught by a (A) Larsen Mate and (B) Elgeeco cage trap before a general licence for its use can be granted.
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Question reference: S4W-11694
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 18 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) demand, (b) uptake and (c) capacity was of the (i) mortgage to rent scheme and (ii) mortgage to shared equity scheme (A) nationally and (B) in Fife under the Home Owners Support Fund.
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Question reference: S4W-11693
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 18 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how much it paid out (a) nationally and (b) in Fife for the (i) mortgage to rent scheme and (ii) the mortgage to shared equity scheme under the Home Owners Support Fund.
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Question reference: S4T-00160
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported increase in unconventional gas exploration.
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