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-06571
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what practical measures it will undertake to ensure that all of Scotland's seas and inshore waters achieve good environmental condition by 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-06046
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost has been of Scottish Natural Heritage assistance to deer management groups to improve their deer management planning, including training and deer management plan delivery, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-06043
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) Forestry Commission Scotland and (b) Scottish Natural Heritage has spent directly on deer management in culling and fencing on public land in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-06045
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost has been to Scottish Natural Heritage of each of the current section 7 agreements under the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996, including all grant support, staff time and expenses incurred during negotiations.
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Question reference: S5W-06042
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding the Association of Deer Management Groups has received from (a) the Forestry Commission Scotland and (b) Scottish Natural Heritage for collaborative projects in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-06041
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much the Association of Deer Management Groups has received from (a) the Forestry Commission Scotland and (b) Scottish Natural Heritage in venison levy to support its work in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-06047
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost has been of Scottish Natural Heritage support for aerial counts of deer populations to support the work of deer management groups in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-06044
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) it and (b) Forestry Commission Scotland has spent on deer fencing grants on third-party, private land in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5O-00579
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to research suggesting that there is a possible link between Alzheimer’s disease and air pollution.
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Question reference: S5O-00523
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice last met Scottish Women's Aid and what issues were discussed.
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