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: S4W-04395
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what investigations (a) have taken place and (b) are planned regarding the potential terrestrial sources of the chemicals identified in the Scottish Environment Protection Agency reports, JT000811_JT and TR110810_JT.
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Question reference: S4W-04360
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 8 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the sources of persistent organic pollutants.
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Question reference: S4W-04361
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 8 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to replace persistent organic pollutants with safer alternatives in order to protect children’s health, in light of the World Health Organization report, Persistent Organic Pollutants: Impact on Child Health.
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Question reference: S4W-04182
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it has on the impact of extracting and burning shale gas reserves on climate change and whether it will publish these data.
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Question reference: S4W-04185
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that shale gas and coal bed methane gas reserves extracted by using hydraulic fracturing methods could impact on its climate change targets.
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Question reference: S4W-04183
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what evidence it has on the human health risks arising from shale gas development.
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Question reference: S4W-04184
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the burning and extraction of shale gas and coal bed methane gas reserves will release significant quantities of climate change emissions into the atmosphere.
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Question reference: S4O-00384
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in granting a licence to Greenpark Energy to begin hydraulic fracturing to extract shale gas.
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Question reference: S4O-00263
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the World Health Organization report, Persistent Organic Pollutants: Impact on Child Health.
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Question reference: S4W-02462
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how changes to community nursing involving the establishment of geographically based teams will be beneficial to the delivery of holistic patient care.