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-24857
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the target timescale is for the Energy Consents Unit to log submissions made by members of the public, and whether this target is being met.
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Question reference: S6W-24856
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there is reportedly a three-month delay in logging submissions sent to the Energy Consents Unit, and what action it is taking to address this.
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Question reference: S6W-24855
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources and funding it has provided to the Energy Consents Unit to manage any increase in planning applications being considered.
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Question reference: S6W-24853
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what review SEPA is planning of the European Water Framework Directive.
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Question reference: S6W-24332
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 31 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to conducting a revaluation of Council Tax bands across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-24849
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 31 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24619 by Mairi Gougeon on 24 January 2024, whether it will support the funding of a fish counter in the River Dee, in light of reports that a suitable site has been identified in the narrow part of the lower reaches of the river, which is less than 25 metres across.
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Question reference: S6W-24620
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24242 by Mairi Gougeon on 15 January 2024, whether it will provide further details of the delivery group that oversees and directs the delivery of the wild salmon strategy and implementation plan, including (a) who is involved in the group and (b) contact details for wider public engagement.
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Question reference: S6W-24619
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its commitment to extend the fish counter network, as set out in its wild salmon strategy implementation plan published in 2023, whether it will fund a percentage of the cost of a fish counter and its monitoring for the River Dee, which is a Special Area of Conservation currently classed Grade 1, and, if so, what percentage.
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Question reference: S6W-23993
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what public awareness campaigns it has undertaken in the last 10 years to ensure that recreational activities, such as paddle boarding, kayaking, cycling, fishing and camping, do not impact on the biodiversity of National Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
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Question reference: S6W-24333
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the safety regulations are for large battery storage units, including any requirements of the emergency services, and when these regulations were last updated.