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-13513
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 19 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent assessment is of the incidence of dothistroma needle blight in the national forest estate.
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Question reference: S4W-13509
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 18 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the guidance that it has issued since 2007 on public spending has led to increased (a) social and (b) community benefits.
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Question reference: S4W-13482
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many seals were shot under licence in the fourth reporting period in 2012.
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Question reference: S4W-13362
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 14 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the review of the European Environmental Impact Assessment Directive maintains a high level of protection for the environment in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-13360
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 13 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it will (a) continue to support the implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence through outdoor learning and (b) implement the recommendations of the Learning for Sustainability report.
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Question reference: S4W-13361
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the revised Scottish planning policy will provide improved (a) statutory guidance on sustainable development (b) protection for peatlands and (c) protection for Scotland's natural and cultural heritage.
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Question reference: S4W-13364
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what process the Accountant in Bankruptcy uses when discharging bankruptcies to ensure that excessive hours are not charged for work.
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Question reference: S4W-13363
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the number of personal bankruptcy cases (a) discharged by the Accountant in Bankruptcy and (b) in which the Accountant in Bankruptcy restricted the hours charged for work by trustees in the same year in the latest year for which information is available
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Question reference: S4W-13365
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 11 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it encourages supermarket owners to participate in local licensing forums.
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Question reference: S4W-12974
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 6 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-08144 by Richard Lochhead 9 July 2012, what progress has been made on its marine litter strategy and when it will publish a consultation.
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