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-27197
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to introducing grants for riparian schemes on salmon rivers.
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Question reference: S5O-04153
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee last met.
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Question reference: S5O-04105
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide full DNA traceability to the Scotch Beef brand.
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Question reference: S5O-04056
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest data linkage project report.
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Question reference: S5W-26785
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for an update on the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) 2019 application round.
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Question reference: S5O-03977
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed the Falkirk and Grangemouth Investment Zone with the UK Government.
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Question reference: S5O-03920
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest teacher number statistics, and what steps it is taking to retain teachers at all levels of education.
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Question reference: S5F-03789
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2019
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is working with international partners to tackle climate change.
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Question reference: S5O-03891
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the development of future trade policy post-Brexit.
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Question reference: S5T-01907
- Asked by: Angus MacDonald, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it is providing to the multi-agency approach to the major gas outage affecting over 8,000 households in Falkirk district.