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-17013
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the level of compliance with the Environmental Protection (Restriction on the Use of Lead Shot) (Scotland) No. 2) Regulations 2004.
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Question reference: S5O-02243
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to fill vacancies at NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
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Question reference: S5W-17012
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have there been each year for breaches of the Environmental Protection (Restriction on Use of Lead Shot) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2004.
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Question reference: S5W-16591
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what payments were made by Scottish Natural Heritage to the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust for (a) access to and (b) analysis of National Gamebag Census data for mountain hares in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-16592
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the total annual harvest of mountain hares in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-16593
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the third supplementary to question S5F-02186 by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 March 2018 (Official Report, c. 20), what options are being explored to prevent the large-scale culling of mountain hares, and when this process will be concluded.
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Question reference: S5W-16589
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all contracts with Kier Construction Scotland that it has contributed, or is contributing, funding to.
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Question reference: S5W-16252
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the annual cost of maintaining the Caledonian MacBrayne fleet has been in each year since 2010.
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Question reference: S5W-16466
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what cause of death was determined in relation to a group of whooper swans found dead in the Fairnington area of the Scottish Borders in December 2017 and January 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-16465
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what policy is in place regarding funding the use of lead shot in publicly-funded goose culling/management schemes.