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-02059
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 8 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what incentives there are in public procurement frameworks that encourage waste minimisation and reuse.
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Question reference: S5W-02068
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support is in place for community projects funded by the Climate Challenge Fund whose funding ends in March 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-02070
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to review the work of the Climate Challenge Fund since its inception, and what scope there is to extend its remit to include community-led climate change mitigation projects.
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Question reference: S5W-02069
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Climate Challenge Fund will be continued beyond the current round of funding, which ends in March 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-02058
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it encourages local authorities to adopt good practice on waste minimisation and reuse.
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Question reference: S5W-01785
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has received that beavers are being persecuted in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-01790
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-01024 by Fergus Ewing on 15 July 2016, whether it will provide a response that addresses the specific issues raised in questions S5W-00104 and S5W-01024.
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Question reference: S5W-01876
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 25 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to mandatory country of origin labelling for milk and meat in processed foods.
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Question reference: S5W-01628
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 25 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendations in the Report of the Inaugural Quinquennial Review of the Operation of Seal Licensing System under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, what action it is taking to increase the recovery of carcasses under the licence system.
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Question reference: S5W-01626
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many carcasses have been recovered each year under the seal licences introduced by the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010; how many post-mortems were subsequently carried out, and what the results of these were with regard to the (a) cause and (b) duration of deaths.