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-11350
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 28 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what procedures are in place to alert the public to the potential dangers associated with consuming salmon or trout that have escaped from fish farms, and what plans it has to update the section on the website, aquaculture.scotland.gov.uk, which provides information about such escapes, regarding the safety of eating such fish, including whether they have been subject to pesticide or other chemical or pharmaceutical treatments.
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Question reference: S5W-11353
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out or plans regarding the impact that escaped farmed Atlantic salmon might have on stocks of native wild salmon.
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Question reference: S5W-11349
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many fish farms have been prosecuted in each of the last five years for releasing farmed fish, and how many were convicted.
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Question reference: S5W-11347
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had with the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) prior to announcing its plan to phase out new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2032.
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Question reference: S5W-11348
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what impact its plan to phase out new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2032 will have on the country's energy supply.
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Question reference: S5W-11333
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 26 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what target it has set for the number of people to be trained via the sustainable procurement training framework, including what timescale it has set for this to be met.
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Question reference: S5W-11204
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in its document, Programme for Scotland 2017-18, which organisations have been invited to join the advisory group "to consider fiscal and other measures to reduce waste and boost the circular economy", and whether the terms of reference of the group will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-11203
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when an updated waste data strategy will be published, and which organisations were consulted in its development.
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Question reference: S5W-11097
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it carried out of the potential impact that a rise in business rates would have on the commercial and industrial property rental market.
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Question reference: S5W-11096
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue it expects to generate from empty commercial and industrial properties that are subject to newly increased business rates, broken down by local authority area.
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