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-26511
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25571 by Fergus Ewing on 21 October 2019, whether it is now in a position to provide the information that was requested.
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Question reference: S5W-26510
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many trawlers longer than 12 metres have been investigated for illegal fishing in inshore waters in each year since 2015, also broken down by how many were subsequently (a) issued with warning letters, (b) issued with fixed penalty notices and (c) reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted.
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Question reference: S5T-01895
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what fire safety checks it has undertaken on the building cladding used in private student accommodation, including whether it has been checked for high-pressure laminate cladding.
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Question reference: S5W-25574
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has gathered about the impact of the release of non-native game birds on the condition of statutory designated sites.
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Question reference: S5W-25569
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how the release of non-native gamebirds can be regulated in the event of such activity damaging or potentially damaging designated sites.
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Question reference: S5W-25572
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what records it holds regarding the annual release of non-native gamebirds.
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Question reference: S5W-25575
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether a Habitats Regulations Appraisal is required for the release of non-native game birds on or near designated sites.
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Question reference: S5W-25576
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government under what conditions the release of non-native game birds can be considered a Plan or Project under the EU habitats directive.
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Question reference: S5W-25571
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether the remote electronic monitoring that it plans to deploy for scallop fishing vessels will be sufficient to enable the prosecution of people suspected of illegally deploying dredges.
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Question reference: S5W-25570
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will deliver its Programme for Government commitment to “commence work to modernise the Scottish inshore fisheries fleet, investing a further £1.5 million in inshore technologies such as the deployment of remote electronic monitoring for scallop fishing vessels.”
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