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-17649
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development regarding the risk of land abandonment in disadvantaged areas in the event that Scotland is not allowed to continue to pay Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme (LFASS) funding in full during temporary or transitional Brexit arrangements.
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Question reference: S5W-17647
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many farm businesses in the Falkirk Council area are in receipt of Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme (LFASS) funding, and how many of these are in the Falkirk (a) East and (b) West constituency.
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Question reference: S5W-17648
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 July 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the UK Government has shared its draft Agriculture Bill with it and, if not, when it expects to receive it.
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Question reference: S5W-17202
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to promote Clean Air Day 2018 in schools.
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Question reference: S5W-17089
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 19 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it takes to ensure that (a) it and (b) its agencies treat staff with fairness and compassion when they or members of their immediate family are diagnosed with a serious illness, and how it can encourage other public sector employers to do so.
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Question reference: S5W-17090
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 19 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support (a) it and (b) its agencies offer to staff when they or members of their immediate family are diagnosed with a serious illness, and how it can encourage other public sector employers to offer similar support.
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Question reference: S5W-16998
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 19 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the development of a new generation of offshore wind power.
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Question reference: S5W-17107
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the report that it commissioned on the Scottish Independent Review of the Use, Safety and Efficacy of Transvaginal Mesh Implants in the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Women will be published before the summer recess and, if not, by what date it will be.
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Question reference: S5W-17051
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much money has been allocated to the Falkirk Council area from the CashBack for Communities scheme since 2008.
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Question reference: S5W-16064
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to introduce a so-called cassette system for transporting livestock on ferries in the Western Isles, similar to that in operation on Northern Isles services.
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