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.
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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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will update the document, Scottish Executive: Consultation Good Practice Guidance, to include advice on the use of the QuestBack method of consultation or other multiple choice systems.
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of recent consultations by the Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, whether it will review the legislation on (a) puppy farming and (b) irresponsible breeding of dogs.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider introducing legislation on pet vending to prohibit the sale of puppies in pet shops.
To ask the Scottish Executive what training is provided for newly qualified PE teachers to help them identify the symptoms of possible heart conditions in pupils.
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of biomass policies on the wood panel industry.
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government on measures to protect the future of the wood panel industry in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive what work it has undertaken to ensure that the wood panel industry has continued access to competitively priced timber.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will support the wood panel industry to expand its investment in renewable heat generation.
To ask the Scottish Executive what contingency plans it has in the event that the common agricultural policy reform is not agreed by early 2014.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that patients who move to England will continue to be treated by their consultant in Scotland if Scotland becomes independent.