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-11800
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) retriever, (b) cocker spaniel, (c) pointer and setter, (d) hunt, point and retrieve and (e) any other spaniel trials are exempt from the provisions of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill as introduced.
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Question reference: S6W-11736
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the Scottish Agritourism Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-11822
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of deer management licences that NatureScot has issued since 1 January 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-11823
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any plans it has to introduce legislation in relation to deer management.
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Question reference: S6T-00951
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to mitigate the threat of avian influenza outbreaks among domestic poultry populations, in light of its impact on wild bird populations in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-11652
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available for flood defences for individual homes, in particular for homes susceptible to flooding.
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Question reference: S6W-11745
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities established a short-term let licensing scheme, as required, by 1 October 2022.
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Question reference: S6O-01506
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its consultation on a new Agriculture Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-11098
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 17 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will define any harm or ill it seeks to prevent through the licensing of muirburn.
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Question reference: S6W-11097
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 17 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline its (a) rationale and (b) evidential basis for the licensing of muirburn.
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