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-10549
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the research being carried out into the appropriateness of opening the muirburn season in September.
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Question reference: S6W-10284
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board's work, including when it anticipates that the board will publish its findings.
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Question reference: S6W-10287
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board has adapted to deal with any different issues that farmers may be facing compared with when it was first commissioned.
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Question reference: S6W-10282
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board last met.
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Question reference: S6W-09974
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many acres of peatlands were restored in 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-09545
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 29 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the minutes of its workshop on 14 June 2022 on ethical principles in deer management.
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Question reference: S6F-01286
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 June 2022
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will respond to reported calls by the industry to establish a Gamekeeping Taskforce to tackle abuse of rural workers.
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Question reference: S6W-09159
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jackson Carlaw (on behalf of the SPCB) on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the answer to question S6W-04506 by Jackson Carlaw on 2 December 2021, whether it will provide an update on its considerations regarding the publication of all or part of the central register of interests held by the People and Culture Office.
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Question reference: S6O-01298
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve water quality in Scotland's rivers.
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Question reference: S6T-00818
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported warnings from a leading scientist that its opposition to gene-edited crops goes against the scientific consensus.
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