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-31295
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to Midlothian Council to help clean up the River Esk, in light of reports that it has been polluted in recent months with sewage and mineral waste run-off.
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Question reference: S5W-31170
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in the (a) South Scotland region and (b) East Lothian constituency have had their applications to the Aquaculture Hardship Fund refused, and for what reasons.
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Question reference: S5W-31176
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with the pipe and silver band community regarding the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-31175
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when the COVID-19 restrictions on pipe and silver bands (a) practising and (b) performing will be lifted.
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Question reference: S5W-31184
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many livestock rustling incidents were reported in each of the last two years, also broken down by how many led to a subsequent (a) prosecution and (b) conviction.
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Question reference: S5W-31174
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason a pipe or silver band cannot practise outside while social distancing under the current COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-31183
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it plans to introduce to reduce levels of livestock rustling.
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Question reference: S5W-31157
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the NFU Mutual report, A Challenging Time for the Countryside, and in light of its suggestion that there had been a 44.1% increase in rural crime in Scotland in 2018-19, whether it will confirm how many such crimes were reported in each of the last two years, also broken down by how many led to a subsequent (a) prosecution and (b) conviction.
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Question reference: S5W-31158
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many agricultural vehicles have been stolen in each of the last two years; how many have been recovered, also broken down by the number returned to their owners, and how many incidents led to a subsequent (a) prosecution and (b) conviction.
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Question reference: S5W-31155
- Asked by: Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what initiatives it has introduced since January 2020 to help lower levels of rural crime, and what further measures it plans.