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-32198
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much food waste it has prevented in each year since 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-32199
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the outcome of its consultation on setting a mandatory food waste reduction target and mandatory reporting of food surplus and waste by food businesses.
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Question reference: S5W-31938
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the cost of each communication initiative it has used to promote increased levels of recycling and reuse in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-32549
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the aviation industry.
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Question reference: S5W-32494
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 26 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has instructed its appointed office equipment supplier in its procurement framework not to deliver IT equipment and supplies to people working from home and, if so, when that instruction was given, and when it plans to rescind it.
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Question reference: S5W-32537
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met The Kennel Club to discuss electric shock collars.
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Question reference: S5W-32538
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has committed to research into the animal welfare impacts of electric shock collars.
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Question reference: S5W-32433
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-27457 by Mairi Gougeon on 19 February 2020, whether it will provide an analysis of responses to its stakeholder survey, and when it expects to publish its review of dog training guidance permitting the use of electronic training aids, including electric shock collars.
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Question reference: S5W-32432
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the findings of the recent University of Lincoln study, "Efficacy of Dog Training With and Without Remote Electronic Collars vs a Focus on Positive Reinforcement" will inform its review of the training guidance that permits the use of electronic training aids, including electric shock collars.
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Question reference: S5W-32550
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has contributed to the Scottish Growth Scheme since March 2020; how much has been paid out, and how many businesses have received support.
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