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-15238
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring or analysis it carries out of microplastic pollution (a) in rivers and (b) at beaches.
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Question reference: S5W-15166
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the size is of the spawning stock biomass of razorclams in (a) each area of the Marine Scotland electrofishing trial area and (b) the rest of the country.
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Question reference: S5W-15167
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the licenses to trial electrofishing for razorclams have awarded to people who have (a) received penalties and (b) been convicted for offences relating to the illegal use of electricity in fishing operations.
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Question reference: S5W-15164
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many razorclams caught under electrofishing licenses have been (a) landed and (b) exported.
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Question reference: S5O-01872
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has given to improving school buildings in the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency since May 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-14792
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will undertake any engagement with salmon farm operators regarding netting materials in order to minimise breaches and escape of stock.
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Question reference: S5W-14791
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the main causes of net breaches at Scottish salmon farms, and what advice it gives to operators to minimise these.
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Question reference: S5W-14789
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it will undertake with Grieg Seafood, in light of reports that 21,700 farmed salmon escaped from its Loch Snizort site.
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Question reference: S5W-14787
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of salmon that have escaped from Scottish farms in each year since 1999, and what action it is taking to help reduce these numbers.
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Question reference: S5W-14790
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what environmental assessment it has undertaken regarding reports of 21,700 farmed salmon escaping at Loch Snizort.