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-26346
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the Wildlife Special Constables pilot project; how many constables participated each month in this, and how many suspected crimes they reported, also broken down by how many led to subsequent (a) arrests, (b) charges, (c) prosecutions and (d) convictions.
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Question reference: S5W-26349
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) it and (b) the Cairngorms National Park Authority allocated each year to the Wildlife Special Constables pilot project.
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Question reference: S5W-26389
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much is being spent on the project to trial driverless buses on the Forth Road Bridge.
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Question reference: S5W-26116
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what advice it has provided to local authorities regarding the use of herbicides in public greenspaces.
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Question reference: S5W-26343
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26108 by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 November 2019, on what dates (a) ministers and (b) officials have met the Health and Safety Executive to discuss operations at the Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran.
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Question reference: S5W-26094
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24900 by Mairi Gougeon on 18 September 2019, what it considers to be "reasonable avoidance".
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Question reference: S5W-26095
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24905 by Mairi Gougeon on 19 September 2019, whether Marine Scotland Science observed trawl marks or damage to the PMFs while surveying the MPA.
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Question reference: S5W-26096
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24902 by Mairi Gougeon on 12 September 2019, what actions it took to ensure that the discussions with the fishing industry were compliant with (a) section 126(10) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, (b) section 82(9) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 and (c) the Aarhus Convention.
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Question reference: S5W-26093
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24902 by Mairi Gougeon on 12 September 2019, for what reason it does not consider section 125(2) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 to apply to fishing.
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Question reference: S5W-26110
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures effective communication with the Health and Safety Executive on matters of devolved competence.