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: S5W-03171
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 5 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to overcome barriers in (a) getting agreement and (b) securing finances for communal work on multi-tenanted properties.
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Question reference: S5W-03169
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether all rail projects considered under the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) process require an assessment of the potential wider economic benefit.
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Question reference: S5W-03090
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the re-introduction of the white-tailed eagle.
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Question reference: S5W-02243
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether any reports produced by its Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) in relation to the planning permission appeal PPA-390-2029 will form part of its commissioned research into coal bed methane.
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Question reference: S5W-02997
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how greenhouse gas savings from the restoration of degraded peat compare with potential savings from tree planting.
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Question reference: S5W-02244
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it has provided to (a) third sector organisations and (b) local authorities to conduct research to support the development of potential projects through the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance process.
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Question reference: S5W-02393
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the motion passed at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in September 2016, which called for a moratorium on peat exploitation, whether it will reconsider its proposals to extract peat from a site at Auchencorth Moss in Midlothian, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-02391
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-01192 by Kevin Stewart on 20 July 2016, what percentage of consents have complied with the requirement for a 15-year review and what action it takes if a council fails to meet this.
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Question reference: S5W-02395
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the UK Government to meet the UK target to phase out the use of peat in the horticultural sector by 2030, and what steps it is taking to address any historic consents regarding permission to extract peat beyond that year.
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Question reference: S5W-02394
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the UK Government in response to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) UK Peatland Programme’s recent call for the UK to restore one million hectares of peatlands by 2020.
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