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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.

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Question reference: S3W-35774

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the government of Iceland regarding its proposal to increase quotas of mackerel for Icelandic fishermen.

Question reference: S3W-35771

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the European Commission regarding the proposal by the governments of Iceland and Faroe to increase their fishermen’s quotas of mackerel.

Question reference: S3W-35772

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received regarding the proposal by the governments of Iceland and Faroe to increase their fishermen’s quotas of mackerel.

Question reference: S3W-35773

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2010
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the government of Faroe regarding its proposal to increase quotas of mackerel for Faroese fishermen.

Question reference: S3W-35529

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 1 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the publication of its Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Scotland has been delayed and what the reasons were for each delay.

The Scottish Government originally intended to publish an Energy Efficiency Action Plan (EEAP) for Scotland in 2008. However, a mandatory commitment to publish an EEAP, and set and report on energy efficiency targets, was subsequently included in the Climate Change (Scotland) Bill in late 2008, with the intention that the EEAP would be developed once the bill was enacted. This provided the statutory reporting framework which we believe energy efficiency requires.

Due to the requirement to undertake a full and active consultation on the plan, and subsequently analyse responses, it was not possible to meet a further intended publication date of 2009 after the Climate Change (Scotland) Act came into force.

It was anticipated that the final plan would be published in late spring 2010 and a draft document was developed accordingly. However, in light of the establishment of the Short Life Working Group on Annual Emissions Targets, and given the role which energy efficiency will play in meeting these targets, it was considered inappropriate to publish the plan until new targets have been agreed.

In the meantime, several actions within the draft document are already being taken forward.

Question reference: S3W-35528

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 1 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executiveon what date it will publish its Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-35532

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 1 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times its proposed Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Scotland has been mentioned in its (a) press releases, (b) consultations and (c) public documents since May 2007.

Question reference: S3W-35530

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 1 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the delay in the publication of its Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Scotland has adversely affected the take-up of energy efficiency measures across Scotland

No. The delay in publishing the Energy Efficiency Action Plan has not adversely affected the take-up of energy efficiency measures across Scotland.

An increased level of emissions savings have been reported in 2009-10 by both the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust, who between them provide energy efficiency support to the domestic, business and public sector in Scotland.

Many of the actions outlined within the draft EEAP are already being progressed, to ensure that we continue to build upon our wide range of existing policies and programmes prior to publication of the plan.

Question reference: S3W-35531

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2010
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 1 September 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to prepare and inform relevant stakeholders ahead of the publication of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Scotland

Question reference: S3W-35497

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 July 2010
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 August 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, when assessing fish stocks and preparing advice for future stock management, the Fisheries Research Services Marine Laboratory takes into account the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership’s research, which shows that climate change is causing the distribution of some fish species to move north, which suggests that all stock reductions cannot be attributed to fishing effort alone.