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
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Question reference: S5W-22352
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its proposals for interim measures for environmental governance in the event of a no deal Brexit.
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Question reference: S5W-22350
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether its plan to introduce a legal duty on ministers regarding EU environmental principles, as set out in the consultation on environmental principles and governance, will require legislation.
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Question reference: S5W-22351
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what interim measures it is considering to address any environmental governance gap arising from the loss of functions currently carried out by EU agencies, the European Commission and European Court of Justice in the event of a no deal Brexit, and whether it will seek stakeholder input on their development.
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Question reference: S5W-22353
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that Scotland's environment is not negatively affected as a result of any UK-wide governance gap created by Brexit.
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Question reference: S5W-22354
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that it will act in full accordance with section 26A (Environmental matters; duty to consult) of the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill, and when it will lay a report before the Parliament.
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Question reference: S5W-22183
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 29 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21864 by Ash Denham on 14 March 2019, what discussions it has had with the Inspector of Prosecution regarding the follow-up review; when it was informed that she would be undertaking the review; what information it has regarding the proposed contents of the review, and whether this will include analysis of (a) the protracted timescales, (b) structural barriers and (c) public confidence in the process.
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Question reference: S5W-22317
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 28 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Law Commission paper, Report on Moveable Transactions; what plans it has to launch a consultation based on the findings, and what assessment it has made of the impact that restrictions in the law regarding these transactions have had on businesses.
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Question reference: S5W-21970
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21538 by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2019, in which specific circumstances datasets are not in an analysable format, in light of the answer to question S5W-21539 on the same date.
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Question reference: S5W-21968
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21539 by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2019, whether the data provided on the prison population, disaggregated by ethnicity, can be broken down further, by (a) age and (b) location.
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Question reference: S5W-21969
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21538 by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2019, when it expects to have agreed a mechanism to publish data captured by operational databases with the Scottish Prison Service.