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-24412
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps have been taken since the publication, in November 2018, of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee’s 9th Report, 2018 (Session 5), Salmon farming in Scotland (SP Paper 432), to address the issues raised in the Committee's report.
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Question reference: S6W-24427
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when the Finfish Aquaculture Advisory Panel (a) last met and (b) will meet next.
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Question reference: S6W-24429
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the regulatory system for finfish aquaculture is fit for purpose.
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Question reference: S6W-24421
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many escapes of farmed salmon have occurred in each year since 2018, broken down by location, and whether it can provide the total number of individual fish that have escaped.
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Question reference: S6W-24434
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many finfish aquaculture sites have (a) been closed, (b) had their licence withdrawn and (c) surrendered their licence since 2018, and for what reason.
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Question reference: S6W-24413
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to regulate the salmon farming industry since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-24423
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government which regulatory body is responsible for the potential impact of escaped farmed salmon on Scotland’s wild salmon stocks.
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Question reference: S6W-24415
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the UK Government to improve environmental standards in Scotland's salmon farming industry.
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Question reference: S6W-24432
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government which independent body reviews the science relating to finfish aquaculture in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-24431
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many social contracts exist between finfish aquaculture companies and the communities within which they operate; what any such contracts deliver, and what the monetary value/equivalent is of each.