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-29827
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 7 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of recorded religious hate crimes in 2014-15 expressed as the number of incidents per 1,000 members of each religious affiliation, also broken down by incidents recorded under section (a) 74 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 and (b) 1 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012.
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Question reference: S4O-05566
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2016
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to deal with antibiotic resistance in the food chain.
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Question reference: S4W-29443
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 February 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many schools have been (a) built and (b) refurbished in each local authority area in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-29255
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 26 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help Scotland play a leading role in ensuring that the EU birds and habitats directives are implemented better, and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S4O-05244
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2016
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the prevalence of smoking among young people.
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Question reference: S4O-05209
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2015
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to tackle knife crime in the West Scotland region.
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Question reference: S4W-28388
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the European Commission’s review of the birds and habitats directives does not result in a reduction in the protection afforded to Scotland’s best places for wildlife.
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Question reference: S4W-28389
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the European Commission regarding its review of the birds and habitats directives.
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Question reference: S4W-28386
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that nine EU countries representing 63% of the EU's population have written to the European Commission urging it to protect the birds and habitats directives and concentrate on improving implementation rather than weakening protection for wildlife, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S4W-28387
- Asked by: Stewart Maxwell, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had, or plans to have, with the UK Government regarding the UK position on the European Commission's review of the birds and habitats directives, in light of suggestions that the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was pushing for reform to weaken the directives.