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-23091
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its policy was regarding the protection of Ramsar sites prior to the publication of Scottish Planning Policy in 2010.
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Question reference: S5W-23092
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S2W-11985 by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004 regarding Ramsar sites that were not sites of special scientific interest, whether its position has changed and, if so, for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-23093
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S2W-11986 by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004 regarding the impact of renewable energy developments on nature conservation, whether its position has changed and, if so, for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-23090
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) public consultation and (b) environmental assessment it carried out regarding the Ramsar policy that was set out at paragraph (i) 136 of the 2010 and (ii) 211 of the 2014 Scottish Planning Policy.
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Question reference: S5W-23089
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its policy regarding the protection of Ramsar sites has diverged with that of the rest of the UK, and what action it has taken to ensure that the Ramsar Convention secretariat has been made aware of the divergence.
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Question reference: S5W-23106
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S2W-04106 by Mary Mulligan on 26 November 2003 regarding making policy statements about Ramsar sites, whether its position has changed and, if so, for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-22537
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 23 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which projects have been funded by the Climate Challenge Fund in its 2019-20 round of funding, and how much in total has been awarded.
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Question reference: S5W-23115
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in the light of the recent decision by Natural England to revoke three General Licences for controlling certain wild birds, what evidence it has that Scottish Natural Heritage is compliant with the requirement under Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 that no licence should be granted unless it is satisfied that there is no other satisfactory solution, as it relates to General Licences 01/2019, 02/2019 and 03/2019.
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Question reference: S5W-23116
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the use of General Licences 01, 02 and 03 for birds, including the number of birds taken or killed and compliance with the requirement that there is no other satisfactory solution.
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Question reference: S5W-23118
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many operators making use of General Licences 01, 02 and 03 for birds in 2018 notified Scottish Natural Heritage of their intention to use meat-based baits in Larsen mate or Larsen pod traps and were permitted to do so by acknowledgement of the information.
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