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: S4T-00582
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the air pollution monitoring results for 2013.
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Question reference: S4O-02723
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to touring exhibitions.
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Question reference: S4O-02688
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the Royal College of Nursing Scotland and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S4W-18391
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it collects on levels of potato consumption.
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Question reference: S4W-18389
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the dietary goal of increasing potato consumption by 25%, as set out in Preventing Overweight and Obesity in Scotland: A Route Map Towards Healthy Weight, is met, and whether it is on course to achieve this.
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Question reference: S4W-18390
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to the potato sector to help with variety development.
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Question reference: S4W-18417
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to refresh its food strategy and, if so, when and will it be subject to a public consultation.
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Question reference: S4W-18025
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions have taken place between the Minister for the Environment and Climate Change and the Minister for Local Government and Planning regarding the final Scottish Planning Policy and the National Planning Framework 3.
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Question reference: S4O-02583
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Minister for Environment and Climate Change has had with the Minister for Housing and Welfare regarding the environmental benefits of measures to tackle fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S4W-17643
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 October 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it will consider the feasibility of a wider deposit return scheme to encourage recycling of drink containers and whether it plans to make a statement to the Parliament on the matter.