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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 21 July 2024
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Question reference: S1W-13344

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 28 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what weight will be given to the views of local residents and communities in determining whether approval for proposed GM crop trial sites should be granted and whether approval will be refused where there is substantial opposition.

Question reference: S1W-13349

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 28 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive why it does not select as well as approve the sites of proposed GM crop trials; who the members are of the Scientific Steering Committee which selects the proposed sites and what representation Scotland has on this committee.

Question reference: S1W-13315

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 27 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list each of the 100 contracts awarded since 1994 under the Scottish Renewables Obligation, specifying the nature, location and cost of each scheme and the type of energy involved.

Question reference: S1W-13316

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 27 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether projects involving the incineration of waste for energy will be eligible for assistance under the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) in future; if so, what the reason is for its position on this matter and, if no decision has been made on this matter as yet, when such a decision is expected.

Question reference: S1W-12535

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 21 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received representations from the Stank Glen Residents' Association in relation to the proposal by Forest Enterprise to establish a tourist village on the shores of Loch Lubnaig; if so, what response it has made or will make, and whether, if the area were at present designated as a national park, a planning application in relation to such a development would be likely to be rejected.

Question reference: S1W-12534

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 21 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any powers to declare a moratorium in respect of the planning notification by Forest Enterprise to establish a tourist village along the west shore of Loch Lubnaig in relation to (a) the fact that this area falls within the boundaries currently considered for Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park; (b) the existing designation of the shores of Loch Lubnaig as an area of Special Scientific Interest, and (c) the area's impending designation as a Special Area of Conservation.

Question reference: S1W-13166

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 21 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will, as a matter of urgency, take all steps within its power to have the definition of the mesh si'e of a towed net changed from the mesh si'e of the cod end or extension piece of net to the smallest mesh si'e found in any part of the net and, if the definition is not changed, what effect this definition will have on nephrop stocks, in particular in relation to the protection of immature stocks of nephrops.

Question reference: S1W-13014

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 15 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints have been made to the external adjudicators of (a) Scottish Enterprise and (b) Highlands and Islands Enterprise since the inception of each organisation and how many such complaints have been upheld.

Question reference: S1W-12960

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 14 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive who the members are of the Project Assessment Committee which will assess applications for assistance under the Agricultural Business Development Scheme; what particular qualifications each member holds which led to their selection, and whether any members are on the committee by virtue of their organisation being represented on it ex officio, naming each such organisation.

Question reference: S1W-12959

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2001
  • Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 14 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Disability Access to Outdoor Recreation Group is accountable to sportscotland or any other Scottish public body; if so, who the members of the group are and whether the minutes of the group's meetings, in particular those of the meeting on 12 December 2000, will be made available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.