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: S5O-04539
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers an acceptable length of time for negotiations on planning conditions to conclude.
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Question reference: S5F-04306
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 August 2020
To ask the First Minister whether adequate measures are in place in Scotland's university towns to prevent local COVID-19 outbreaks as students begin to return to campuses.
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Question reference: S5O-04491
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Stagecoach about proposed bus service changes.
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Question reference: S5O-04465
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what funding the finance secretary will make available to prepare for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, including to the NHS.
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Question reference: S5W-30701
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 5 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting acupuncturists to resume treatment of patients during phase 3 of the COVID-19 response.
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Question reference: S5W-30696
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether university student accommodation providers charging tenants for storing belongings that they cannot retrieve is in line with COVD-19 regulations.
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Question reference: S5W-30325
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the process of licensing fish farms includes consideration of the presence of seals in the vicinity and any previous incidence of conflict between fish farms and seals.
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Question reference: S5W-30320
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to implement the measures on conservation of seals contained in section 10B of the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S5W-30324
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the report on the use of acoustic deterrent devices on land constituting a fish farm, required under section 10C of the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) Bill, will consider the use of other non-lethal seal deterrents and their effect on the welfare of marine mammals and other wildlife.
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Question reference: S5W-30656
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will be taking to recover west coast cod and whiting stocks, in light of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) advice that they remain below safe biological limits.
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