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
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Question reference: S6W-01133
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party's manifesto commitment to provide an additional "£500 million in our natural economy", when this will be delivered, and whether it will include further targeted funding for countryside rangers.
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Question reference: S6W-00946
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will monitor the amended permitted development rights for aquaculture, under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development and Use Classes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020, and what the environmental impact of the alterations will be.
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Question reference: S6W-00947
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will gauge public support for the amended permitted development rights for aquaculture under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development and Use Classes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020, and for the environmental impact of the alterations.
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Question reference: S6W-01185
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 22 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what further steps it is taking to introduce additional resilience in the publicly-owned ferry network, given the lack of an agreement on the leasing of the MV Pentalina between Calmac and Pentland Ferries.
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Question reference: S6W-00944
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to address the concerns of coastal communities regarding the (a) potential increase in damage to the marine environment, and (b) lack of public consultation, prior to, and as a result of, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development and Use Classes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-00948
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out a retrospective environmental impact study into the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development and Use Classes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-01138
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will make a decision on the proposals submitted to it by Boundaries Scotland on (a) 10 June 2021 regarding the Highland Council's ward boundaries and (b) 28 May 2021 regarding ward boundaries on Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.
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Question reference: S6W-01137
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party's manifesto commitment to deliver an Islands Connectivity Plan, what discussions it has had with the union, Prospect, regarding this; what the outcome of these discussions were, and, if discussions have not taken place, what the reasons are for this.
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Question reference: S6W-00945
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by Hamptons, which states that renting in Scotland continues to be more expensive than buying property, while in many parts of the rest of the UK, it has become less expensive as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-01135
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-36212 by Michael Matheson on 23 March 2021, when the study will be published.