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: S5W-30140
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of a number of large and medium-sized planning applications being submitted to national park planning authorities, in light of them not being part of local development plans.
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Question reference: S5W-28451
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it took to ensure that care homes and nursing homes were provided with adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-28455
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many personal protective equipment (PPE) kits were ordered specifically for use in care homes and nursing homes in response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-29668
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether land use strategy pilots will be used as a tool for best practice and rolled out in other areas.
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Question reference: S5W-29674
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the performance of the land use strategy in contributing to meeting its climate change and biodiversity targets.
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Question reference: S5W-29673
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how its land use policy making is shaped by river catchment management.
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Question reference: S5W-29672
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how the updated land use strategy will shape agri-environment policy, grants and schemes.
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Question reference: S5W-29675
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the role of soil testing and data in informing the updated land use strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-29671
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how the updated land use strategy will reflect changes in climate change policy, and what engagement it has had with stakeholders regarding this.
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Question reference: S5W-29669
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the efficacy of the 2016-21 land use strategy, and what progress is being made with the preparations for the updated strategy.
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