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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what explicit (a) commitments and (b) targets it has set to achieve improvement in the quality of bathing waters, and by when these are to be achieved; what (i) regulations govern and (ii) body is responsible for the monitoring of bathing waters, and what its assessment is of whether the necessary standards of bathing waters are regularly met.
To ask the Scottish Government how many protected (a) freshwater and (b) terrestrial sites met favourable condition criteria when last reported; what requirements exist for owners of protected sites to bring such sites up to a specific standard of condition, and what support is available from it or its agencies to assist such owners in meeting any such standards.
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) any statutory requirement exists for Scottish Water, or farmers and other land managers, to reduce the amount of water abstracted from rivers or underground sources, (b) any wider statutory requirement exists to reduce the amount of abstracted water (i) in general and (ii) from sensitive habitats and (c) abstracting water from any source requires consent from SEPA.
To ask the Scottish Government whether its commitment to peatland restoration is
tied to the fulfilment of any domestic or international climate action
agreements; what its position is on whether its current policy on peatland
restoration is in line with the expectations of the Climate Change Committee;
what annual budget is allocated to achieve its commitments in relation to
peatland restoration, and whether any such budget allocations for peatland
restoration have been fully spent in each of the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Government what explicit, quantified (a) commitments it has made and (b) targets it has set for the sustainable management of commercial (i) fish and (ii) shellfish.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it, local authorities, NHS boards or Scottish Water can raise finance for capital spending from private finance sources, while keeping that finance from counting against public expenditure totals, and whether current policy encourages any such private finance schemes to help public authorities meet their statutory duties.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the ways in which magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment can improve a patient’s employment prospects.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the economic impact of delayed treatment for patients with essential tremor.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14784 by Jenny Gilruth on 16 March 2023, whether it will directly address the issue raised in the question regarding when it will fulfil its commitment to reduce train journey times between Inverness and Edinburgh to 2 hours 45 minutes.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13379 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 December 2022, when the evaluation report, which was expected in February 2023, will be published.