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-06271
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 31 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received a report from Scottish Natural Heritage on its review of snaring legislation and whether it plans to publish this.
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Question reference: S5W-06273
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how often the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime in Scotland (PAW Scotland) (a) plenary and (b) executive group has met in the last year, and how many meetings are planned for 2017.
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Question reference: S5O-00567
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Parent Teacher Council’s comments that parents were "puzzled" and "felt excluded" by its consultation on the review of school governance.
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Question reference: S5O-00491
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to amend the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002, in light of the review by Lord Bonomy.
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Question reference: S5W-04974
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 6 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, calculated by Cancer Research UK, which show that 11 to 18-year-olds eat and drink three times the recommended amount of added sugar, with sugary drinks being the main source of this.
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Question reference: S5O-00421
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 1 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met the president of COSLA to discuss the spending review and the local government settlement.
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Question reference: S5W-04773
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what agreement has been reached with the chair of the national review of health and social care targets and indicators regarding a timetable and outputs.
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Question reference: S5W-04778
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) remit and (b) membership is of the national review of health and social care targets and indicators.
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Question reference: S5W-04776
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how members of the public and other stakeholders can contribute to the national review of health and social care targets and indicators.
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Question reference: S5W-04774
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the targets and indicators that are included in the national review of health and social care targets and indicators.
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