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-26911
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of new buildings being found to have defective fire protection despite the so-called relevant person claiming that they were in compliance with building standard regulations and had been issued with a completion certificate.
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Question reference: S5W-26912
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the self-certification of the safety of new buildings by so-called relevant persons is reliable and carried out to a proper standard.
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Question reference: S5W-26802
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to put age restrictions in place for buying over-the-counter medicines.
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Question reference: S5O-03937
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how its planning policy and guidance to local authorities on takeaway food outlets take account of its policies on healthy eating.
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Question reference: S5O-03899
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it promotes rural tourism, and how much it invests in this work.
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Question reference: S5O-03857
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with plant passporting.
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Question reference: S5W-26391
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with young people regarding the design and implementation of its proposed deposit return scheme.
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Question reference: S5O-03650
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact has been on the number of EU tourists coming to Scotland this year of any uncertainty caused by Brexit.
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Question reference: S5O-03567
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what impact UK Government welfare reforms have had on Scottish social security spending.
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Question reference: S5W-25069
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of a golden eagle found with an illegal trap on its legs, what action it is taking to protect wild birds as a matter of urgency ahead of the publication of the findings of the Grouse Moor Management Group (the Werritty report).
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