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: S6W-14315
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it permits the shooting of wildfowl from locations immediately next to public footpaths.
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Question reference: S6W-14320
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 6 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last (a) reviewed the legislation and (b) held a public consultation on wildfowling.
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Question reference: S6W-14318
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 6 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it enforces the requirement that shooting takes place from below the high water mark at estuarine and coastal locations.
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Question reference: S6W-14316
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 6 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it permits the shooting of wildfowl within 10 yards of locations where birds fly in to roost.
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Question reference: S6W-14032
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on implementing the commitments of the Respiratory Care Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-14033
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and (b) Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health and Sport last met with (i) the chair of the Scottish Respiratory Advisory Committee and (ii) lead clinicians involved in the implementation of the Respiratory Care Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-14039
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has collected on the potential impact of long-term use of e-cigarettes on the lungs of people with lung conditions.
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Question reference: S6W-14034
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of progress made regarding each of the commitments of the Respiratory Care Action Plan according to those (a) achieved, (b) in progress and (c) not yet started.
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Question reference: S6W-14038
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in updating the Tobacco Action Plan, and on what dates the (a) external and (b) internal working groups met to discuss the new Tobacco Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6T-01146
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent study conducted by the Scottish Retail Consortium, which found that one in six shops are lying empty in Scotland.