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: S6W-05296
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31470 by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 September 2020, and the recommendation in the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission's Report on the use of rodent glue traps in Scotland that glue traps be banned, when it is planning to bring forward legislation to implement such a ban.
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Question reference: S6F-00675
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 January 2022
To ask the First Minister what impact the UK Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill will have on devolved functions.
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Question reference: S6O-00651
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is planning to introduce to protect communities and ecosystems from land speculation associated with carbon offsetting.
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Question reference: S6O-00560
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the views of victims and survivors are considered by Community Justice Scotland and the Justice Board for Scotland and its subgroups.
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Question reference: S6W-04731
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has about the efficacy of lateral flow tests in detecting the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6O-00518
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the actions underway to tackle the reported inequalities experienced by ethnic minority communities in the north east.
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Question reference: S6W-04517
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to ensure that there is a coordinated, fair and equitable planning system for the marine environment.
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Question reference: S6W-04292
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported outbreak of avian influenza in Angus, for what reason there is not routine vaccination against this virus in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6F-00500
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 November 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 November 2021
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to Rape Crisis Scotland's Survivor Reference Group: Police Responses in Scotland Report.
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Question reference: S6T-00268
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported use of kettling during recent protests in Glasgow.
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