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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 14 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-20328

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Migdale Smolt Ltd is currently operating in compliance with the conditions associated with its section 42 application (reference 18/01202/S42) to monitor for wild fish impacts and escapes.

Question reference: S6W-20250

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 21 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the discharge levels from open loop scrubbers, also known as exhaust gas cleaning systems, in Scottish ports, and whether it will consider implementing a prohibition on such discharges in Scottish ports, as has been the case in the Forth and Tay ports since 2019.

Question reference: S6W-20332

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, specifically in relation to production of salmon smolts in open net pens in Scottish freshwater lochs, what progress has been made to ensure that robust conditions to safeguard wild salmonids, based on an adaptive management approach, are contained within a licence rather than through planning consent and apply to existing, as well as new, fish farms, as set out in the Scottish Government response, dated October 2021, to the Salmon Interactions Working Group report.

Question reference: S6W-20330

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action has been taken to address any current levels of genetic introgression from farmed salmon in Scotland, since the publication of the report by the Salmon Interactions Working Group.

Question reference: S6W-20331

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to further strengthening the regulatory framework that applies to containment and escapes, including, but not limited to, how to introduce proportionate penalties for fish farm escapes, as set out in the Scottish Government response, dated October 2021, to the Salmon Interactions Working Group report.

Question reference: S6W-20325

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of any influence that farmed salmon escapes may have on the genetic integrity of wild Scottish Atlantic salmon populations.

Question reference: S6W-20326

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what information is known about the levels of genetic introgression detected in the rivers flowing into Loch Shin, and the source of any such genetic introgression.

Question reference: S6W-20105

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to ask NatureScot to conduct a review of licences for the lethal control of beavers to ascertain whether such licences are required or whether translocation could be implemented instead, in line with its commitment to expand Scotland's beaver population, announced in November 2021.

Question reference: S6W-20106

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what powers NatureScot has to ensure that landowners employ trapping and translocation on their land, rather than lethal control, following the publication of the beaver licensing figures for 2022.

Question reference: S6W-20142

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what total marine area, in km2, of the continental shelf area adjacent to Scotland, as designated in the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013, is covered by one or more designations including a (a) Special Area of Conservation, (b) Special Protection Area, (c) Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area, (d) Ramsar site for wetlands of international importance and (e) Site of Special Scientific Interest.