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: S6W-22117
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Forestry Grant Scheme budget has been underspent in any financial year since its inception.
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Question reference: S6W-22112
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it defines a "cluster" of farmers.
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Question reference: S6W-22194
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what place white-tailed eagles have in its biodiversity strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-22196
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with farmers and crofters regarding predation by white-tailed eagles.
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Question reference: S6W-22193
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether NatureScot’s Sea Eagle Management Scheme should be reformed, in light of the reported increased predation of farming livestock by white-tailed eagles.
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Question reference: S6W-22195
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are plans for another extension of the White-tailed Eagle Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-22192
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to tackle sheep predation by white-tailed eagles.
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Question reference: S6W-22181
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many nurses have been employed in the NHS in each of the last three years, also broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-22109
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 24 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it plans to bring forward a crofting bill in the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-22113
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 24 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to fast-track initial applications for practitioners to use more than two dogs as a means of controlling predator populations in Scotland, in light of any anticipated overlap in processing times and the implementation of new guidelines on this practice.
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