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-21479
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has budgeted for the education and advisory services that are being proposed in the Agriculture Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-20919
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for battery storage sites have been rejected by the Energy Consents Unit between 2013 and 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-21481
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the previously ring-fenced £33 million of funding allocated to the agriculture sector as a result of the Bew Review will be returned to its budget for the portfolio covering agriculture.
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Question reference: S6W-21399
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide additional details on who it expects would be eligible for Tier 3 payments in the proposed Agriculture Bill, including whether it believes that large corporations, retailers, and grocery outfits could be eligible for such payments.
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Question reference: S6W-21482
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to respond to concerns raised about incentivising tree planting on agricultural land in the consultation on the proposed Agriculture Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-21480
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to respond to the concerns raised in the consultation on the proposed Agriculture Bill that the use of the Whole Farm Plan for base level payments in Tier 1 would be a "one-size-fits-all solution" to what is a more complex issue.
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Question reference: S6W-21475
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government who will provide the education and training services that will be offered to farmers and crofters under the planned Agriculture Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-21474
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to provide accessible advisory services for farmers to adopt sustainable practices.
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Question reference: S6W-21248
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the implementation of a four-tiered agricultural payment structure, as consulted on in relation to the Agriculture Bill, would require the appointment of external consultants in order to administrate such a system.
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Question reference: S6W-21249
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details on whether payments under a four-tiered payment structure in the Agriculture Bill would be weighted towards base support (tiers 1 and 2) or tied to results (tiers 3 and 4).