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-24905
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the distribution of fishing now taking place in the West Shetland Shelf MPA adequately protects the priority marine features (PMFs), including cod, in light of many large-size classes being present within the site.
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Question reference: S5W-24906
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the distribution of fishing now taking place in the West Shetland Shelf MPA will continue to enable recovery of cod within the site, in light of the repeal of the overlapping Windsock cod recovery area.
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Question reference: S5W-24899
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with EU member states and Norway to reach an agreement to ensure that the distribution of fishing in the recently repealed Windsock cod recovery area is controlled.
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Question reference: S5W-25262
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the review into the Climate Challenge Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-24900
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether damage to protected features in the West Shetland Shelf MPA as a result of trawling is an offence under Section 140 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
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Question reference: S5W-25178
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) remit, (b) timescale and (c) membership is of the Levenmouth Blueprint project.
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Question reference: S5W-24907
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what scientific advice it has received from the statutory nature conservation bodies (SNCBs) to support the acceptance of the distribution of bottom trawling in the recently reopened Windsock cod recovery area.
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Question reference: S5W-24904
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the repeal of the overlapping Windsock cod recovery area, how it will ensure that the West Shetland Shelf MPA meets its conservation objectives.
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Question reference: S5W-24902
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 12 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that the conservation objectives for the West Shetland Shelf MPA are not hindered.
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Question reference: S5O-03561
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the operators of the ethylene plant at Mossmorran regarding the climate emergency and the need for a just transition.
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