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: S5W-01192
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that legislation relating to existing peat extraction consents reflects national planning policy protection for peatlands.
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Question reference: S5W-01197
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all historic horticultural peat extraction planning consents are reviewed for their acceptability against current policy and legislation.
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Question reference: S5W-01194
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) Midlothian Council and (b) SNH regarding proposals to extract peat from a site at Auchencorth Moss in Midlothian.
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Question reference: S5W-01193
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the article in the Sunday Herald on 12 June 2016 relating to proposals to extract peat from a site at Auchencorth Moss in Midlothian, whether it will call in the application for its own determination, and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-01196
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many consents for peat extraction for horticulture are extant but not yet fully exploited and what estimate it has made of the carbon loss that would occur should all extant consents for peat extraction for horticulture be fully exploited.
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Question reference: S5W-01198
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to (a) discourage the sale of peat for horticulture and (b) encourage the continued development and sale of sustainable alternatives to peat for use in horticulture.
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Question reference: S5W-01130
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27213 by Aileen McLeod on 14 September 2015, how many people had attended the training by 1 July 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-01129
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27214 by Aileen McLeod on 14 September 2015, how many people had obtained an identification number by 1 July 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-01128
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27215 by Aileen McLeod on 14 September 2015, when it will announce the timeframe and procedure for the review.
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Question reference: S5W-01127
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what procedures are in place for de-registering a snaring identification number, including when the person who was granted the number (a) ceases employment in snaring, (b) retires or (c) dies.