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
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Question reference: S6W-27890
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the report by a professor at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) on the impacts of the new agricultural support framework on agricultural businesses in Shetland, Orkney and the Western Isles has not yet been published.
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Question reference: S6W-28122
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the deadline is for relevant authorities to publish a Good Food Nation plan.
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Question reference: S6W-27988
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is still committed to its policy to promote the translocation of beavers outside of their current range, to reduce or avoid negative impacts and help reintroduce beavers to appropriate areas of the country.
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Question reference: S6W-27987
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 11 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to NatureScot's reported view that the community engagement process carried out by Trees for Life and Forestry Land Scotland regarding the Glen Affric beaver translocation proposal was above and beyond what is required.
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Question reference: S6W-27905
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many fish farms have been allowed to continue using the pesticide, emamectin benzoate, at the level set by the 2017 environmental quality standard (EQS), in light of the subsequent interim EQS applying only to new and expanded fish farms.
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Question reference: S6W-27904
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish an analysis of its consultation on the implementation timescales for a new environmental quality standard (EQS) for emamectin benzoate, as used in fish farms, which closed on 24 July 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-27899
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) ScotRail and (b) Transport Scotland regarding the reported 12 extra services per day that would operate on the Aberdeen, Inverness and Elgin route and which have not been included in the new train timetables.
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Question reference: S6W-27900
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with (a) Transport Scotland and (b) ScotRail regarding the delivery of hourly train services between Inverness and Aberdeen, as committed to in the first Strategic Transport Projects Review in 2009 and which has not been included in the new train timetables.
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Question reference: S6O-03574
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider increasing funding for empty homes officers, in light of the First Minister’s reported statement that empty homes are key to tackling the housing emergency.
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Question reference: S6W-27803
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 4 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to assess the potential cumulative impact of the reported five new proposed developments for pumped storage hydro-electricity generation around Loch Ness in the Highlands, particularly in relation to endangered wild salmon populations and fragile native woodlands.