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: S5W-02392
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent call by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for global action to be taken to halt the loss of and restore damaged peatlands, what action it is taking to ensure that Scotland’s peatlands are (a) protected and (b) restored.
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Question reference: S5W-02631
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in order to preserve access to the US market for fish and fish products, whether it will introduce legislation that prohibits the intentional killing of marine mammals in all of Scotland's fisheries.
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Question reference: S5W-02362
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the Scottish salmon farming industry is compliant with new regulations adopted by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration prohibiting imports from fisheries where marine animals are intentionally harmed.
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Question reference: S5W-02309
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00029 by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 May 2016, when it will make a decision on the status of the European beaver.
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Question reference: S5W-02310
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what work is being undertaken to devise a framework to support the management of European beavers in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-02307
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had since February 2016 with the Scottish SPCA regarding extending its powers to tackle wildlife crime.
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Question reference: S5W-02306
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00030 by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 May 2016, on what date it will announce its decision regarding extending the powers of the Scottish SPCA to tackle wildlife crime.
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Question reference: S5O-00152
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to detect, prevent and prosecute dog fighting offences.
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Question reference: S5W-02311
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 14 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to strengthen the development of grassroots tennis in Scotland since the Davis Cup was won by Great Britain in 2015.
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Question reference: S5W-02308
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on preventing plastic microbeads from entering the marine environment.