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: S6W-11689
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many water quality tests have been conducted by (a) SEPA and (b) Scottish Water in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-11698
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what work is underway to develop effective non-lethal tools for application in Scottish rivers to protect declining native salmon stocks from seal predation, and what the timetable is for any development process.
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Question reference: S6W-11690
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many water bodies have been defined by SEPA for the purpose of aquatic monitoring, and of these how many are (a) monitored for water quality, and how frequently and (b) tested for pollutants, including the Water Framework Directive priority substances, and at what time intervals.
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Question reference: S6W-11598
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ensure that suicide awareness is taught in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-11699
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the monitoring of seals that have been rehabilitated and then released, in order to identify any unusual behaviour that could be potentially damaging to native species.
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Question reference: S6W-11687
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what water monitoring is being done for potential emerging contaminants, including pharmaceuticals, and whether there will be additional funding to support this new area of research and monitoring.
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Question reference: S6W-11688
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what changes to the funding for SEPA in relation to its role in water quality testing have there been in the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-11441
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the pilot project to extend the public water networks in Aberdeenshire to connect with households reliant on private supplies.
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Question reference: S6W-11551
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce legislation which would set a minimum megawatt hour community benefit contribution rate for onshore wind developments that increases in line with inflation.
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Question reference: S6W-11496
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on current game licensing plans for deer management.