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-10732
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how the scale of landholdings affects the ability of land managers to effectively manage deer populations in connection with its consultation, Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation.
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Question reference: S6W-10958
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its Programme for Government 2022-23, whether its proposal to impose a moratorium on evictions will apply to tenants who have been ordered to leave their home as a result of a criminal (a) disposal and (b) court order, including, but not limited to, a domestic abuse protection order.
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Question reference: S6O-01401
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its peatland restoration plans.
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Question reference: S6W-10729
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what methodology it used to determine that 3,000 hectares was the appropriate threshold to categorise an area as a "large-scale landholding" in its consultation paper, Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation.
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Question reference: S6W-10731
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers increased community ownership will have an effect on the proposals set out in its consultation, Scotland's Biodiversity Strategy, and, if so, in what ways.
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Question reference: S6W-10962
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it still plans to undertake a consultation on improving animal transport legislation, and phasing out cages for gamebirds and laying hens, and farrowing crates for pigs.
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Question reference: S6W-10963
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the responses to its consultation, The use of dogs to control foxes and other wild mammals in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-10730
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the definition of a "family farm" is in its consultation paper, Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation.
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Question reference: S6W-10735
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what metrics it is using to measure the impact of the Regional Land Use Partnerships pilots, and what its assessment is so far of their success.
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Question reference: S6W-10548
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the evidence review of muirburn being carried out by SAC Consulting.
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