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Last updated:
1 May 2025
BB20250502
Instruments subject to affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft) 3.
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1 May 2025
PB_2025_Paper056
S6M-16432: Ben Macpherson: Scotland's Seabirds— That the Parliament believes that Scotland has internationally important seabird populations, including, at the last assessment, 60% of the world's great skuas and almost half, 48%, of the world's northern gannets, with the biggest colony on Earth being found at the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, along with important common tern colonies, including one in a special protection area at Leith docks; recognises that the country has international and domestic obligations to protect and enhance these species; understands with concern that 70% of Scotland's national populations are in decline, according to the latest seabird census and notes the view that action is needed to address this; further understands that the proposed Scottish Government Scottish Seabird Conservation Action Plan sets out many measures that would protect seabird prey fish...
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1 May 2025
BB20250501
Patrick Harvie: To ask the Scottish Government, when authorising fishing licences, what process it follows to comply with any legal duty under section 15 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, and the judgement in case, The Open Seas Trust v The Scottish Ministers, to act in accordance with the National Marine Plan.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 May 2025
S6W-36303
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it appears to have dropped commitments from its Future Fisheries Management strategy 12-point action plan to (a) apply a cap on fishing activity in inshore waters (up to three nautical miles) and (b) review and revise the management of unused "latent" scallop fishing en...
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Date answered:
1 May 2025
S6W-37121
In 2025, we will be taking forward the outcomes of a consultation on requiring tracking and monitoring technology on all under 12 metre fishing vessels in Scottish waters. S6W-37121
Last updated:
30 April 2025
Chamber_Minutes_20250430
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands (Mairi Gougeon) moved amendment S6M-17360.3— As an amendment to motion S6M-17360 in the name of Tim Eagle (Protecting Scotland’s Fishing Industry), leave out from first “with the EU” to second “with the EU” and insert “on fishing with the EU that enhances access for EU fishing vessels to UK waters without consulting the Scottish Government, despite the fishing industry being of comparatively greater importance to the Scottish economy than to the UK economy as a whole; understands that the reported deal could result in a multi-year access guarantee as opposed to annual negotiations between the UK and the EU; notes the need for an agreement that delivers improvements for Scotland’s fishing communities, including access to the single market for fish and seafood and long-term stability for fishing businesses; further notes the poor record of successive UK Conservative and Labour administrations in delivering for Scotland’s coastal communities; calls on the UK Government to engage with fishing stakeholders and the Scottish Government to ensure that Trade and Cooperation Agreement renegotiations reflect the needs and priorities of the Scottish fishing industry; further calls on the UK Government to provide multi-annual funding that keeps pace with the equivalent EU funding that Scotland would have received as a member state, and that all marine funding be devolved; recognises the significant economic harm created by Brexit in reducing trade and access to labour for fishing businesses”.
Last updated:
30 April 2025
BB20250430
*S6M-17360.3 Mairi Gougeon: Protecting Scotland’s Fishing Industry—As an amendment to motion S6M-17360 in the name of Tim Eagle (Protecting Scotland’s Fishing Industry), leave out from first "with the EU" to second "with the EU" and insert "on fishing with the EU that enhances access for EU fishing vessels to UK waters without consulting the Scottish Government, despite the fishing industry being of comparatively greater importance to the Scottish economy than to the UK economy as a whole; understands that the reported deal could result in a multi-year access guarantee as opposed to annual negotiations between the UK and the EU; notes the need for an agreement that delivers improvements for Scotland's fishing communities, including access to the single market for fish and seafood and long-term stability for fishing businesses; further notes the poor record of successive UK Conservative and Labour administrations in delivering for Scotland's coastal communities; calls on the UK Government to engage with fishing stakeholders and the Scottish Government to ensure that Trade and Cooperation Agreement renegotiations reflect the needs and priorities of the Scottish fishing industry; further calls on the UK Government to provide multi-annual funding that keeps pace with the equivalent EU funding that Scotland would have received as a member state, and that all marine funding be devolved; recognises the significant economic harm created by Brexit in reducing trade and access to labour for fishing businesses".
Last updated:
30 April 2025
Current Party Leaders and Spokespersons
Published on 30 April 2025 by the authority of the Scottish Parliament Current Party Leaders and Spokespersons 1 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Party Leader Russell Findlay MSP Deputy Leader Rachael Hamilton MSP Chief Whip Alexander Burnett MSP Deputy Chief Whip and Shadow Minister for Victims and Community Safety Sharon Dowey MSP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government Craig Hoy MSP Deputy Chairwoman and Shadow Minister for Investment and Employment Pam Gosal MSP Chairman of Election Campaign Co-ordination David Mundell MP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Business, Economy, Tourism and Culture Murdo Fraser MSP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Security Liz Smith MSP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Sandesh Gulhane MSP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice Liam Kerr MSP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills Miles Briggs MSP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy Douglas Lumsden MSP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Housing Meghan Gallacher MSP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport Sue Webber MSP Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Fishing...
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
30 April 2025
S6O-04609
To ask the Scottish Government, when authorising fishing licences, what process it follows to comply with any legal duty under section 15 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, and the judgement in case, The Open Seas Trust v The Scottish Ministers, to act in accordance with the National Marine Plan.
Official Report
Meeting date:
30 April 2025
Meeting of the Parliament 30 April 2025 [Draft]
The motion and amendments all still back extraction at all costs, but that offers a boom-and-bust scenario in which we fish, fish and fish until there is nothing left.
