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: S5F-03316
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 May 2019
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report’s call for a “transformative change”.
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Question reference: S5W-22477
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will lay the statutory instruments required for the implementation of a deposit return system.
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Question reference: S5W-22478
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its news release of 1 April 2019, Fighting the throwaway culture, whether it will provide a full list of the bodies that have been invited to participate in the Deposit Return Scheme Implementation Advisory Group; when the group will first meet; how regularly it will meet, and whether it will publish the group's minutes.
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Question reference: S5W-22476
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the funding increase detailed in Scotland’s Railway (Control Period 6: 2019 – 2024) will be spent in Clydesdale on (a) station opening or improvements and (b) line and track or other infrastructure improvements.
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Question reference: S5W-22311
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the remit of the Seaweed Review Group is, and (a) where and (b) how regularly its meeting minutes and information on its actions and visits will be made public.
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Question reference: S5W-22310
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a dedicated website for the Seaweed Review Group and, if not, whether it will consider creating one.
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Question reference: S5O-03094
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made since 10 January 2019 with setting up a farming and food production policy group.
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Question reference: S5W-22169
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 27 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent announcement by South Ayrshire Council to offer 10 days paid "safe leave" to staff who have experienced domestic abuse, which other local authorities have adopted a similar policy, and what national HR guidelines are available for supporting public sector staff who have been subjected to domestic abuse.
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Question reference: S5O-03062
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it plans to provide to older carers of pensionable age providing care of over 35 hours per week.
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Question reference: S5W-21716
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 7 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment in the Scottish Energy Strategy, by what date it will make its first annual energy statement.
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