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-07875
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential financial impact on local authorities of its proposed licencing scheme requirements for short-term lets, in light of any inflationary pressures as a result of the war in Ukraine.
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Question reference: S6W-07874
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on establishing the licencing scheme frameworks for local authorities to take forward its proposed registration requirements for short-term lets.
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Question reference: S6W-07806
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action SEPA and local authorities have taken on the next round of their shared strategies and plans, and how this action is informed by the recommendations of any joint Scottish Government/COSLA working groups on these issues.
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Question reference: S6W-07805
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the priority list that was agreed by the National Prioritisation Advisory Group that it chaired on flood risk management schemes.
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Question reference: S6W-07822
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the UK's exit from the EU, whether it is waiting for the EU to make a decision on amending legislation to decouple the regulation of genome-edited products from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and, if so, (a) for what reason and (b) how this will impact on progress on achieving its net zero targets for agriculture.
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Question reference: S6W-07809
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment SEPA has made of non-native species in its priority catchments.
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Question reference: S6W-07803
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many beavers have been culled in Scotland in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-07800
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 April 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the value of sporting shooting to the economy in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07798
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the delivery of community access to allotments through the Community Wealth Building strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-07810
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what measures SEPA has taken to manage flood risk on the River Teviot, between its headwaters and Hawick.
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