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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.

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Question reference: S4W-10941

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 19 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what emphasis its revision of the Report on Proposals and Policies (RPP) will place on the recommendation by the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee in its report on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2012-13 and Spending Review 2011 that it "ensures that all proposals and policies in the RPP, and any future revisions of the RPP, are fully funded, in order to meet the targets set out in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009".

Question reference: S4O-01499

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how it measures the impact of the Youth Music Initiative.

Question reference: S4W-10902

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations that promote or support the Gaelic language have had funding reduced or withdrawn since the establishment of Creative Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-10188

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 November 2012

To ask The Scottish Government what criteria are used to determine the (a) schools and (b) nurseries in the NHS Forth Valley area that participate in the Childsmile (i) core, (ii) nursery and school and (iii) practice schemes.

Childsmile is aimed at children in the most deprived communities as measured by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SMID).

Childsmile core is available to all three and four year olds attending nursery and to P1 and P2 children in the 20% of areas which are most deprived. NHS Forth Valley has extended this service to P3 and P4.

Childsmile nursery and school is available in the 20% of areas which are most deprived.

Nurseries and schools do not participate in Childsmile Practice.

Question reference: S4O-01430

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to minimise the impact on agriculture of the Schmallenberg virus.

Question reference: S4W-09944

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the (a) UK Government and (b) European Commission regarding the potential of the proposed Rosyth international container development to have an adverse impact on a European wildlife site.

Question reference: S4W-09943

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the implications will be for the continued viability of the Grangemouth freight hub if consent is granted for the proposed Rosyth international container terminal.

Question reference: S4W-09945

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how the national development status of additional container freight capacity on the Forth in the national planning framework will influence the decision-making process regarding the application for the Rosyth international container terminal.

The Annex to the second National Planning Framework (NPF2) contains a statement of Scottish Ministers' reasons for considering that there is a need for additional container freight capacity on the Forth. Section 25 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 makes provision as to how such statements are to be applied when determining a planning application. In relation to other consent procedures, such as the current Harbour Order application, there is no similar statutory provision, however, ministers' reasons for considering that there is such a need will be given equivalent status in reaching a decision on the proposal for an international container terminal at Rosyth.

Question reference: S4W-09948

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what compensatory measures might be required if consent is granted for the proposed Rosyth international container terminal and an adverse impact on a European designated site cannot be ruled out.

Question reference: S4W-09949

Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what countries are visited on their annual migration by birds that might be affected by the proposed Rosyth international container terminal and what discussions the Scottish Government has had with such countries on the matter.