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: S6W-19612
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 13 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18127 by Mairi Gougeon on 6 June 2023, how many red squirrel kits it estimates have been killed through the destruction of occupied dreys during the breeding season as a result of commercial forestry operations, in each year since derogated licensing provisions were granted by NatureScot to Forestry and Land Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-19052
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will consult on the future of snaring.
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Question reference: S6O-02453
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to invest in the opening of any new railway stations in Dumfries and Galloway.
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Question reference: S6W-18128
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Forestry and Land Scotland has any plans to facilitate licensed management of (a) raptor nests, (b) red squirrel dreys and (c) other protected woodland fauna during the harvesting of commercial woodlands at the time of the breeding season.
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Question reference: S6W-18127
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) red squirrels were killed and (b) red squirrel dreys were disturbed during the breeding season as a result of commercial forestry operations, in each year since derogated licensing provisions were granted by NatureScot to Forestry and Land Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-18125
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken on public land that is managed by Forestry and Land Scotland to ensure that nests of (a) raptors, (b) red squirrels and (c) other protected woodland fauna are protected during the harvesting of commercial woodlands and at the time of their respective breeding seasons, where applicable.
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Question reference: S6W-18126
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what licensing provisions Forestry and Land Scotland has in place regarding the disturbance of red squirrels during commercial forestry operations.
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Question reference: S6W-17948
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 25 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations in the Scope research publication, Disability Price Tag 2023: the extra cost of disability.
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Question reference: S6W-17947
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the use of camera technology to tackle littering and fly-tipping.
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Question reference: S6O-02264
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to expand community-owned energy.