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-30565
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the effectiveness of the COVID-19 social distancing guidance for the horticulture, fruit and vegetable industry; what information it has regarding the compliance rate, and how many outbreaks of the virus have been reported as being connected to the sector.
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Question reference: S5W-30319
- 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 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many seal culling licenses have been issued in each year since 2016 to (a) fish farms and (b) wild fisheries management groups.
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Question reference: S5W-30322
- 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 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, following implementation of the measures on conservation of seals contained in section 10B of the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill, whether it will issue seal licences to fish farms or fisheries on any other grounds listed at section 110(1) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 and, if so, whether this is compatible with the requirements of the United States' Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
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Question reference: S5W-30326
- 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 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the siting of fish farms away from seal haul-out sites should be part of the range of non-lethal measures employed at fish farms to avoid conflict with seals, and whether it plans to review fish farm licensing criteria in relation to this.
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Question reference: S5W-30321
- 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 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, prior to implementation of the measures on conservation of seals contained in section 10B of the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill, whether it plans to use its powers under section 114 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 to vary or revoke any current seal licences.
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Question reference: S5W-30323
- 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 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the quinquennial review of the seal licensing regime under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 will include a comprehensive assessment of the seal exclusion measures currently used by fish farms and fisheries.
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Question reference: S5W-30448
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many acoustic deterrent devices (ADD) are used by the aquaculture sector in Scotland, broken down by (a) company, (b) model of ADD and (c) whether the ADD is continually turned on.
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Question reference: S5W-30263
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 13 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how the proposals in the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill could impact on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention.
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Question reference: S5W-28701
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 April 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it is utilising the veterinary science sector to increase COVID-19 testing capacity.
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Question reference: S5W-29824
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what level of lead from shot gameboards is present in the human food chain, and what regular analysis it carries out of this.
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