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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government what the main trunk road cycling projects were in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 and how much the projects cost.
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) total investment was and (b) funding sources were for trunk road cycling facilities in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-11225 by Richard Lochhead on 28 November 2012, whether it will provide an update on what (a) discussions it has had and (b) further action it plans.
To ask the Scottish Government what provision is made in slaughterhouses to mitigate the welfare impacts experienced by a calf in utero when its mother is slaughtered.
To ask the Scottish Government whether any person other than a qualified veterinary surgeon is legally permitted to kill a dog using a captive bolt gun and, if so, for what purpose and under what circumstances.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is a legal requirement for an operator to hold a slaughter licence or certificate of competence in order to kill a dog using a captive bolt gun.
To ask the Scottish Government when and for what purpose it is permissible to slaughter pregnant (a) cattle and (b) sheep in a slaughterhouse.
To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances a veterinary surgeon or other person may legally kill a dog using a captive bolt gun, and whether such killing must also involve bleeding or pithing of the animal.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will implement the two-year moratorium on the use of neonicotinoids that will begin on 1 December 2013, and what advice is it giving to farmers regarding the use of pesticides for the protection of crops from that date.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent meetings it has had with NATO regarding an independent Scotland and what was discussed.