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-21906
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 13 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which geographic areas are given priority in relation to the Transforming Scottish Indoor Tennis Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-21822
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the impact of second generation rodenticides on wildlife.
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Question reference: S5W-21872
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12975 by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 November 2017, whether it will (a) amend the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 or (b) introduce new measures to ensure that the recognition of the sentience of all wild animals is reflected in its legislation after the UK leaves the EU.
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Question reference: S5W-21418
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 6 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the British Horseracing Authority regarding the deaths of four horses at Musselburgh Racecourse at a meeting on 3 December 2018, and what action it can take to encourage the authority to publish the full findings of the inquiry that it carried out regarding the incident.
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Question reference: S5W-21421
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 6 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether its proposal to introduce and reform the licensing of animal activities, including their use in public displays or performances, will apply to (a) horse and (b) greyhound racing.
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Question reference: S5W-21765
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many wildlife crime investigations were reported by the Scottish SPCA to Police Scotland in 2018 within the Cairngorms National Park, and, of these, how many (a) were pursued, (b) led to a prosecution and (c) led to a conviction.
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Question reference: S5W-21763
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what contribution the pilot wildlife Special Constable scheme in the Cairngorms National Park has made to (a) deterring and (b) increasing the rate of detection and successful prosecution of wildlife crime.
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Question reference: S5W-21764
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many wildlife crime investigations were reported by the Scottish SPCA to Police Scotland in 2018, and, of these, how many (a) were pursued, (b) led to a prosecution and (c) led to a conviction.
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Question reference: S5W-21781
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring of beaver control is currently in place, and how many beavers are known to have been killed in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-21782
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when beavers will be given legal protection in accordance with the EU Habitats Directive, as announced by the Scottish Government on 24 November 2016.