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-14162
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on a voluntary code of practice for takeaways that have drive-throughs to reduce littering from vehicles.
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Question reference: S5W-14437
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 21 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much was collected in fines from people prosecuted for fly-tipping in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S5W-14007
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13949 by Shona Robison on 19 January 2018, whether families currently being treated at Ward 15 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital will have financial support for travel considered as part of individual treatment plans to be agreed before paediatric services are transferred to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S5W-14005
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether an environmental assessment has been carried out in relation to proposed work by Scottish Water to install a new pipeline between Baljaffray and reservoirs in Milngavie.
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Question reference: S5W-14006
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13949 by Shona Robison on 19 January 2018, whether the decision to transfer paediatric services from the Royal Alexandra Hospital to the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow will be reversed should the conditions for approval set out in the answer not be met.
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Question reference: S5W-13641
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the introduction of regulations on animal sanctuaries and rehoming agencies will affect such services with no fixed premises.
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Question reference: S5W-13284
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 8 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much illegal waste has been dumped on farmland in each of the last five years, and how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for this.
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Question reference: S5W-13154
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many beavers there are, and what methodology it uses to calculate the number.
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Question reference: S5W-13156
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in the event of any future unlicensed releases of beavers into the wild.
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Question reference: S5W-13153
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out or plans of the potential (a) ecosystem disruption, (b) spread of disease among native species, (c) flooding and adverse watercourse condition risk and (d) infrastructure damage as a result of the recent establishment of beaver populations.
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