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
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Question reference: S6W-15425
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of rural wildfires attended by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in each of the last five years have been caused by (a) deliberate fire-setting and (b) prescribed muirburn that accidentally got out of control, based on Scottish Fire and Rescue Service data.
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Question reference: S6W-15423
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether an official and publicly available investigation report was produced by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service into the cause of the large fires in Flow Country, Sutherland, and Ballindalloch, Morayshire, in 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-15426
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of all rural wildfires attended by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) in the last five years have been officially investigated by the SFRS to determine the cause, and where any such investigation reports are published.
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Question reference: S6W-14880
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the shooting of native woodcock is regulated through a licensing scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-14885
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Scottish Parliament legislation could be used to remove the inalienable right to wildfowling on the foreshore, as opposed to through byelaws.
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Question reference: S6W-15424
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service employs a dedicated rural wildfire investigation officer or team.
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Question reference: S6W-14881
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering introducing further restrictions on the shooting of native woodcock, in light of the reported decline in European woodcock populations over the last 10 years, current pressures from bird flu and the unusually cold winter.
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Question reference: S6W-15210
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of its discussions with the UK Government regarding the enactment of secondary legislation made under section 4 of the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020, which would enable pre-existing marriages to become civil partnerships.
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Question reference: S6W-14757
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many release sites there are for non-native gamebirds in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-14762
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider further regulating the (a) collection and reporting of data related to, (b) management of and (c) release of non-native gamebirds.