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: S4W-18471
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what conservation action is planned to protect mountain hare populations.
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Question reference: S4W-18467
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it will report on its (a) consultation on the Recyclate Quality Action Plan and (b) discussions with the UK Government about any cross-border issues.
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Question reference: S4W-18463
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 3 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its progress in implementing the recommendations of the Community Council Short-life Working Group.
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Question reference: S4W-18473
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 3 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on a link between the culling of mountain hare and the incidence of (a) louping ill or (b) other diseases transmitted by sheep ticks or other hare parasites to red grouse.
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Question reference: S4W-18475
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 3 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications it has (a) received and (b) granted for the culling of mountain hare since 2011, broken down by (i) year, (ii) purpose and (iii) area.
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Question reference: S4W-18472
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 3 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of mountain hare that are culled annually and the impact of this on golden eagles (a) dispersing from, (b) likely to be recruited to or (c) nesting in natura sites for which golden eagles are a designated interest.
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Question reference: S4W-18355
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 26 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have achieved a UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools Award and what percentage of such schools this represents.
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Question reference: S4W-18051
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has to support the comment of the Minister for Transport and Veterans on 2 October 2013 (Official Report, c. 23231) that the construction of the Rosyth international container terminal will deliver "an estimated 500 jobs".
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Question reference: S4W-17437
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 9 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much it has cost each local authority to provide services for children with (a) formal and (b) informal kinship care arrangements in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S4W-17436
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 October 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the needs of children in kinship care and their carers and what recent work it has carried out on this.
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