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: S5W-35256
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an estimate of the total number of sea lice in salmon farms in each of the last five years, taking into account the number of lice per fish and the biomass of fish on the farms.
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Question reference: S5W-35346
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether evidence showing that habitats of most importance to porpoises are most likely to be affected by acoustic deterrent devices has been factored into the licensing regime for such devices.
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Question reference: S5W-35347
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it adjusts its model for determining whether a species can be restored to, or maintained at, Favourable Conservation Status, in response to new data.
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Question reference: S5W-35372
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the extent to which people are victims of online fraud.
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Question reference: S5W-35255
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much additional biomass of farmed salmon and trout has received consent since the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee concluded in its report, Salmon farming in Scotland, that "urgent and meaningful action needs to be taken to address regulatory deficiencies as well as fish health and environmental issues before the industry can expand."
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Question reference: S5W-34731
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to protect business customers affected by COVID-19 restrictions from harassment by utility providers.
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Question reference: S5W-34732
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors organisations that are licensed to provide water or sewerage services to ensure that they are meeting their licence conditions, and what action can be taken if these conditions are breached.
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Question reference: S5W-34730
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to protect commercial customers from harassment by utility providers.
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Question reference: S5W-34734
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government against what criteria applications for licences to provide water or sewerage services are assessed.
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Question reference: S5W-34178
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will examine making the provision of an assessed number of suitable public conveniences a statutory local authority duty, and ensure that necessary funding is made available to councils to address a reported shortage of this public health resource.