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: S6W-02124
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how the hand-dived scallop sector is represented on the Scottish Scallop Sector Working Group.
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Question reference: S6W-00724
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the terms of reference are for the gateway review into the deposit return scheme for drinks containers.
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Question reference: S6W-00726
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether Ministers will publish the findings of the gateway review into the deposit return scheme for drinks containers in full, prior to making a decision on whether to accept its recommendations.
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Question reference: S6W-00723
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which organisation is conducting the gateway review into the deposit return scheme for drinks containers, as announced by the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment in March 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-00722
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, following the announcement that a deposit return system for cans and bottles will launch in Ireland by the end of September 2022, whether it has contacted the Irish Government to ask for advice on setting up such a system efficiently, given the significant delays to the deposit return scheme in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-00725
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the gateway review into the deposit return scheme for drinks containers will conclude its work.
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Question reference: S6W-00882
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many wild wrasse landings there have been at each (a) creek and (b) aquaculture facility in each week since 1 May 2021, broken down by weight, and how many were reported by the wrasse fishers through (i) their standard reporting requirements and (ii) the new weekly reporting required under the point 11 of the licence conditions applying to the harvesting of the species.
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Question reference: S6W-00881
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many wild wrasse fishing vessel catches have been inspected by Marine Scotland Compliance since 1 May 2021, and what infringements of licence derogation conditions have been identified.
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Question reference: S6W-00285
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to incorporate Sea Eagle Management Scheme payments into wider agricultural support payments post-Brexit.
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Question reference: S6W-00466
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the resolution of the Parliament on the debate on motion S5M-15096 on 11 December 2018, what progress it has made on delivering remote electronic monitoring for all of Scotland's fishing vessels, and when this will be fully rolled out.