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-26311
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) university and (b) college courses relate to renewable wind energy.
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Question reference: S4W-26307
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 June 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 July 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what volume of peat has been excavated to make way for the development of windfarms and how much carbon it estimates was in that peat.
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Question reference: S4W-25673
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 8 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how its Low Emission Strategy will feed into the preparation of the new UK air quality plans required following the Supreme Court’s mandatory order as part of its judgment of 29 April 2015 on air pollution.
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Question reference: S4W-25672
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 8 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how the final version of the Low Emission Strategy will ensure that Scotland complies with the legal requirements laid out in the Supreme Court's judgment on air pollution.
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Question reference: S4W-25674
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 8 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that adequate funding is allocated to (a) develop and (b) deploy effective transport measures to tackle air pollution.
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Question reference: S4W-25568
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it will provide to local authority enforcers ahead of the Scottish microchipping of dogs regulations coming into force, and when the guidance will be made available.
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Question reference: S4O-04414
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is giving to enable NHS boards to offer the best possible guidance and support to new mothers to encourage breastfeeding.
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Question reference: S4O-04382
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the low-carbon economic strategy will not marginalise challenged communities, both urban and rural, and low income households.
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Question reference: S4W-25432
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 6 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Supreme Court's recent judgement in relation to compliance with the air quality directive.
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Question reference: S4W-25431
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 May 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 6 May 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that it meets its obligations under the air quality directive and to what timescales.
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