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-01200
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government (a) when and (b) how it will review greening measures established under the Common Agricultural Policy.
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Question reference: S5W-01709
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what regulations apply to the use of gas gun bird scarers.
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Question reference: S5W-01326
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2016
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it expects to make a decision on the recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's Fifth Electoral Reviews.
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Question reference: S5W-01496
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the July 2014 report, Further advice to Scottish Government on the selection of Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas for the development of the Scottish MPA network; whether it plans to consult on establishing these areas and, if so, (a) when and (b) what the reason is for the delay in launching this.
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Question reference: S5W-01131
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Alison Di Rollo on 27 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service for breaches of Section 11 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in each (a) year since 2012 and (b) month since January 2016, and how many were subsequently (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted.
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Question reference: S5W-01327
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the results of research into the suitability of underground coal gasification in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-01041
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, following the result of the EU referendum, whether it will seek to maintain and implement minimum standards of environmental protection as required by the EU birds and habitat directives and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-01199
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the environmental benefits of the requirement for nutrient management plans have been on permanent grassland.
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Question reference: S5W-01238
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers to be the division of responsibilities between Police Scotland and local authorities in relation to animal welfare and enforcement issues.
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Question reference: S5W-01195
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that new peat extraction for horticulture does not occur.