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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

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Question reference: S4W-02583

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been under regulation 5 of The Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2004.

Question reference: S4W-02584

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review the effectiveness of legislation intended to ensure that Scotland complies with its international obligations under the Afro-Eurasian Waterfowl Agreement.

Question reference: S4W-02581

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines there are to assist police forces in enforcing The Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2004.

Guidelines on these controls are set out in Protecting Waterfowl from Lead in Wetlands – A Practical Guide to the Lead Shot Regulations in Scotland published jointly by the then Scottish Executive, Scottish Natural Heritage and the British Association of Shooting and Conservation. A link to the guidance follows:

http://www.basc.org.uk/en/utilities/document-summary.cfm/docid/D5C9615C-C762-40F1-8AD9E3509B0B46E2.

Question reference: S4W-02648

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to review the criteria for charities’ exemption from water rates.

Question reference: S4W-02650

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been under the Children (Performances) Regulations 1968 in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-02651

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences have been issued under the Children (Performances) Regulations 1968 in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4O-00178

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the eligibility criteria for exemptions from the payment of water rates.

Question reference: S4W-02285

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce legislation to increase protection for owners of park homes.

Question reference: S4W-02054

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether section 37(3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 applies in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-02056

Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding its recent guidance to local authorities and amateur groups regarding the use of Body of Persons Approvals under the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 and the Children (Performances) Regulations 1968.