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-13523
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares of privately-owned forest land are owned by women.
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Question reference: S5W-13556
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what research (a) it has and (b) its agencies have commissioned on the development of a genetic test to identify Scottish wildcats; how much this cost, and whether it will publish the findings.
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Question reference: S5O-01676
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides for instrumental music education in primary and secondary schools.
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Question reference: S5O-01575
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes.
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Question reference: S5W-12471
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the management of wrasse populations is conducted in line with General Policy 9 of the 2015 Scottish National Marine Plan.
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Question reference: S5W-12468
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what measures have been implemented to ensure that wrasse that are caught conform to the minimum conservation reference sizes, and how those sizes have been set with regard to the wrasse life-cycle.
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Question reference: S5W-12467
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what statistics are collected by Marine Scotland regarding wrasse mortality in transit.
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Question reference: S5W-12466
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether precautionary management measures similar to that introduced in England will be implemented for the wrasse fisheries.
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Question reference: S5W-12470
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to ensure that otters are not endangered by the use of wrasse traps.
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Question reference: S5W-12465
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its duty under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 to further the conservation of biodiversity, how it is protecting the wrasse fisheries.
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