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-16312
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing incentives for low-ground farmers to set land aside for beaver wetlands with the objective of mitigating downstream flooding and purifying any polluted run-off from their farms.
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Question reference: S5W-16309
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns about their impact on farms in the area over recent years, what plans it has to relocate beavers in east Tayside to the trial site in Knapdale.
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Question reference: S5W-16131
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of (a) punctuality, (b) reliability and (c) overcrowding on ScotRail services from (i) Glasgow and (ii) Edinburgh to Dunblane.
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Question reference: S5W-16190
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in its discussions with the UK Government, what issues have been identified for inclusion in any joint statement on environmental ambition when the UK leaves the EU; when any joint statement would be published, and what processes will be put in place to allow stakeholders and the Scottish Parliament to consider and comment on the issues prior to its conclusion.
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Question reference: S5W-16103
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what forms of public compliance monitoring will be put in place regarding the research licence issued by Scottish Natural Heritage in the Strathbraan/Glen Quaich area of Perthshire to cull large numbers of ravens over the next five years.
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Question reference: S5W-16104
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the search for the satellite-tagged white-tailed eagle that recently went missing in Glen Quaich in Perthshire was conducted in accordance with Partnership Against Wildlife Crime Scotland (PAWS) protocols regarding follow-up police searches.
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Question reference: S5W-16105
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the recent disappearance of the satellite-tagged white-tailed eagle in circumstances similar to those defined as “suspicious” in the Scottish Natural Heritage report, Analyses of the fate of satellite tracked golden eagles in Scotland, will result in (a) a review of the general licence used by local estates and (b) the revoking of the recently issued research licence to cull large numbers of ravens over the next five years in the Strathbraan/Glen Quaich area of Perthshire.
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Question reference: S5W-16132
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many times in each of the last twelve months ScotRail services from (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh to Dunblane have (i) been delayed, (ii) been cancelled and (iii) terminated at Stirling.
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Question reference: S5W-16133
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) peak time and (b) off peak capacity is on ScotRail services from (i) Glasgow and (ii) Edinburgh to Dunblane, and by what date this will increase.
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Question reference: S5W-16047
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much is being spent on 20mph speed limit campaigns, including advertisements and enforcement.
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