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.

Question reference: S1W-01296

Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 1999
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 13 September 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what is the preferred method of controlling Scotland's fox population.

Question reference: S1W-00040

Asked by: Alex Johnstone, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 1999
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 29 June 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will have power from 1 July to require food products such as possibly dioxin-contaminated Belgian pig meat to be clearly labelled with their country of origin.

Scottish Ministers will have the powers from 1 July to legislate in this area, within the parameters set in EU legislation.The labelling of food is largely harmonised at EC level and is controlled in Great Britain by the Food Labelling Regulations 1996. These Regulations do not include compulsory labelling of "country of origin" but they do require the particulars of the place of origin or provenance of the food to be given where failure to give such particulars might mislead the purchaser to a material degree as to the true origin or provenance of the food.

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