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-13235
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the merits of introducing mandatory CCTV in fish slaughterhouses, in line with the Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (Scotland) Regulations 2020, which, under the Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009, mandates the use of CCTV in slaughterhouses for terrestrial animals and excludes fish slaughterhouses.
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Question reference: S6W-13234
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the criteria that the Animal Plant and Health Agency uses to assess farmed fish welfare during inspections at fish processing sites in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6F-01670
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2022
To ask the First Minister what actions the Scottish Government will take forward as a result of COP15, the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Question reference: S6W-12683
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is taking forward recommendation 75 of the Deer Working Group, regarding a short committee inquiry into the use of section 7 control agreements under the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 in the Caenlochan area.
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Question reference: S6O-01675
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the timeframe for the implementation of the recommendations of the 2016 Sludge Review into the spreading of sewage sludge on land.
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Question reference: S6W-12345
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether exceeding the headline advice for stocks with precautionary advice meets the precautionary, scientific, ecosystem and sustainability objectives of the Fisheries Act 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-12382
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding would potentially be released, which could be used to meet the goals of its Vision for Agriculture, in the event that current direct payments made through the Basic Payment Scheme and Greening payments to each Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) claimant were capped at (a) £5,000, (b) £10,000, (c) £15,000, (d) £20,000, (e) £25,000, (f) £30,000, (g) £35,000, (h) £40,000, (i) £45,000, (j) £50,000, (k) £75,000 and (l) £100,000 per year.
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Question reference: S6W-12371
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to implement any capping, front-loading and/or tapering of base-level agricultural payments.
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Question reference: S6W-12369
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its commitment in the Programme for Government to explore capping and/or tapering base-level agricultural payments, how this work will be taken forward.
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Question reference: S6W-12370
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether there will be a public consultation on any proposals to cap, front-load and/or taper base-level agricultural payments.