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: S5O-01092
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many professional veterinary bodies have indicated support for its legislative proposal to allow the amputation of tails in healthy puppies.
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Question reference: S5O-01038
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding whether dust clouds from the Valleyfield ash lagoons have exposed communities in West Fife to hazardous pollutants.
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Question reference: S5O-01059
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the recent pay award to Scottish Prison Service operational staff has not been extended to non-operational staff in the same institutions.
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Question reference: S5W-09141
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 18 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it (a) has had and (b) plans with (i) the UK Government and (ii) stakeholders regarding the commitment made in the white paper accompanying the Great Repeal Bill that "the Bill will give the devolved ministers a power to amend devolved legislation to correct law that will no longer operate appropriately"; what processes it plans to introduce to enable it to carry out such actions, and what involvement the Scottish Parliament will have with this.
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Question reference: S5W-09107
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what advice or instruction it has given to Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) regarding the nature conservation advice that SNH is providing to the Secretary of State for Transport regarding proposals for the ship-to-ship transfer of oil in the Cromarty Firth, and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-09139
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to uphold all EU laws, including preambles of such legislation, that impact on devolved aspects of environmental protection, including bringing forward any (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation that might be required following Brexit.
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Question reference: S5W-09140
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what contact it (a) has had and (b) plans with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that the Great Repeal Bill takes account of the devolved aspects of environmental protection.
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Question reference: S5W-09148
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of toxic fly ash being deposited on West Fife villages following the draining of the Valleyfield ash lagoons.
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Question reference: S5W-08974
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported damage to flame shell beds in Loch Carron, which are not protected in law, when it will publish a timetable for the proposed Inshore Fisheries Bill as part of the Inshore Fisheries Strategy, which committed to consider measures "to facilitate spatial management measures, devolve local management and give greater responsibilities to coastal communities, or tackle long standing management challenges".
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Question reference: S5O-00984
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many planning appeals determined under ministerial direction in the last year have been contrary to local development plans.
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