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-07817
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it determined the level of virus that is acceptable in a seed potato crop before it should be ordered to be destroyed.
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Question reference: S6W-07808
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated within SEPA for (a) managing river catchments in general and (b) reducing diffuse pollution in priority catchments, in the current financial year.
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Question reference: S6W-07819
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what compensation is available to seed potato farmers who have been ordered by Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture to destroy their crops (a) in general and (b) when the crops have been planted with previously certified seed.
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Question reference: S6W-07814
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its definition is of (a) genetic modification and (b) gene editing in the context of agriculture.
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Question reference: S6W-07821
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made, regarding any potential impact on Scotland or its policies, of the European Commission consultation on legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques.
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Question reference: S6W-07813
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what compensation is available to farmers in relation to damage caused by beavers to farmland and any impact on their livelihoods.
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Question reference: S6W-07818
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to seed potato farmers to control rising aphid levels, which are key vectors of viruses that affect these crops.
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Question reference: S6W-07804
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress on the commitment in its Programme for Government to provide an extra £150 million for flood risk management over the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-07820
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how long after a seed potato crop is planted can Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture order that the crop be destroyed.
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Question reference: S6W-07807
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the new capital budget of £12 million over four years for coastal change adaptation, and how it will be distributed.
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