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.
Filter your results Hide all filters
Displaying 1580 questions Show Answers
Question reference: S4W-08514
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions have taken place between the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment and retailers on the suspension of Scottish mackerel’s Marine Stewardship Council
certificate.
Answer
Question reference: S4W-08515
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment has met retailers to discuss the suspension of Scottish mackerel’s Marine Stewardship Council certificate.
Answer
Question reference: S4O-01132
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to tackle water pollution.
Answer
Question reference: S4W-07280
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when the draft National Marine Plan will be published.
Answer
Question reference: S4W-07048
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-06594 by Richard Lochhead on 2 May 2012, whether the stakeholders will include Scotland-wide organisations with an interest in rural affairs.
Answer
Question reference: S4W-06984
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 April 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to limit commercial exploitation of Atlantic salmon in Scottish coastal waters.
Answer
Question reference: S4W-06803
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 2 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will lay before the Parliament a report on greenhouse gas emissions attributable to Scottish consumption of goods and services for 2010 and 2011, as required under Section 37 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and whether it will report annually in future.
Answer
Question reference: S4W-06599
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings it plans to hold with representatives from rural parliaments elsewhere in Europe to discuss its proposed rural parliament and who will attend these.
Answer
Question reference: S4W-06596
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many members the proposed rural parliament will have; whether membership will be on a regional basis, and how members will be elected.
Answer
Question reference: S4W-06593
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive who attended the meeting to discuss the establishment of a rural parliament that was referred to in its news release of 25 March 2012.