- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 18 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive at what time on 20 April 2010 the MV Hamnavoe sailed from Stromness to Bergen.
Answer
MV Hamnavoe departed Stromness for Bergen at midnight on 20 April 2010.
On 22 April 2010, during the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth on the impacts of the disruption to aviation caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, the Cabinet Secretary stated in response to a question from Liam McArthur MSP: As Mr McArthur will know, ferries cannot sail at the drop of a hat and the MV Hamnavoe was dispatched at 9 o''clock on Tuesday evening from Stromness to Bergen for an expected 18-hour crossing.
The Cabinet Secretary misread the timeline available to him as 21:00 was the time when MV Hamnavoe became available for redeployment after the completion of her scheduled daily sailings on the Pentland Firth. Midnight was the earliest time she could actually depart once all preparations had been completed.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan will work with regional plans emerging from Scottish marine regions.
Answer
The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters marine spatial plan was started to provide momentum in advance of the implementation of the new statutory marine planning system. The main focus has been assembling information which will be necessary for planning this sensitive area, regardless of the final agreed boundaries for planning. The marine spatial plan may be incorporated into future statutory marine plans but this will depend on decisions in Scottish marine regions and other statutory marine planning processes.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the statutory status is of the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan Framework.
Answer
The framework sets out a process for developing a plan for Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters in a staged approach. The framework is not a statutory document.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to include input from (a) environmental, (b) fisheries, (c) recreational and (d) shipping interests in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan.
Answer
The Scottish Government is currently consulting on the Framework and will be considering how to take forward its recommendations on obtaining more detailed information on various sectors'' use of these waters before developing the draft plan. Input is welcome from all interested sectors.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-32070 by Richard Lochhead on 15 March 2010, for what reason (a) environmental, (b) fisheries, (c) recreational and (d) shipping interests are not represented on the (i) Marine Energy Group and (ii) Marine Energy Spatial Planning Group.
Answer
These groups were primarily focussed on identifying the issues for Government arising from the potential of the marine renewables industry.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-32071 by Richard Lochhead on 15 March 2010 indicating that the Marine Strategic Studies Forum met only once, whether it considers that stakeholders have been sufficiently involved in the creation of the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan Framework.
Answer
Yes. Members of the Marine Strategic Studies Forum were given opportunity to advise on the proposed approach to the Framework via email in August 2009. There have been other opportunities for stakeholders to provide input into the proposed approach to the framework, at the two stakeholder events held in Thurso and Orkney, and the current consultation.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the statutory status will be of the completed marine spatial plan for the Pentland Firth.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33523 on 17 May 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the same approach to stakeholder engagement undertaken in the development of the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan Framework will be followed in the creation of regional plans under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010.
Answer
The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 sets out the procedure that any plan maker must follow to engage stakeholders in the development of plans. We are developing the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters marine spatial plan as a non statutory pilot but intend to engage stakeholders using the procedure set out in the act.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the membership of the Marine Energy Spatial Planning Group represents the full range of stakeholder interests.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33518 on 17 May 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the membership is of the Marine Energy Spatial Planning Group environment research sub-group.
Answer
The membership of this group is the same as for Marine Energy Spatial Planning Group.
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-32070 on 15 March 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
