- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Fairlie on 27 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many licence applications NatureScot received for the culling of (a) Greylag, (b) pink-footed and (c) Canada geese in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information you requested is as follows:
Region | Year | Greylag | Pink-footed | Canada |
Aberdeen | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Angus | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Argyll and Bute | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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City of Edinburgh | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Clackmannanshire | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Dumfries and Galloway | 2022 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Dundee City | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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East Ayrshire | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0[ST1] |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Falkirk | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Fife | 2022 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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Highland | 2022 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
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Midlothian | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | | |
Moray | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | |
Orkney Islands | 2022 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | | | |
Perth and Kinross | 2022 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Renfrewshire | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | |
Shetland Islands | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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South Ayrshire | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NatureScot also publishes information on licensing data on their website at https://www.nature.scot/doc/summary-licensing-data
[ST1]These two areas need splitting out with figures for each of the three years requested. Even if they are zero for all species like South Ayrshire.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 27 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the topic of Scottish independence was discussed in the meeting between the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture and the Ambassador of Thailand on 29 February 2024.
Answer
The topic of Scottish independence was not discussed.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 26 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the topic of Scottish independence was discussed in the meeting between the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture and Nathalie Loiseau MEP on 23 January 2024.
Answer
The topic of Scottish independence was not discussed.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 26 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12374 by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022, whether the cytosponge diagnostic service is now available in all island NHS boards.
Answer
Service innovation and redesign are central to the future of NHS, and the CytoSCOT programme is an excellent example of how innovation in diagnostic services can support patients to access alternatives to traditional endoscopy closer to home, helping to reduce demand on health services.
NHS Scotland’s Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD) continues to support island Health Boards to implement this service, with NHS Orkney and NHS Shetland expected to begin roll out later this year.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 26 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15885 by Angus Robertson on 24 March 2023, whether the National Records of Scotland remains committed to maintaining a website for the Scottish Register of Tartans, in light of its digital strategy, and, if so, whether it now has plans to modernise the user interface of the website.
Answer
I have asked Janet Egdell, Chief Executive of NRS to respond. Her response is that the National Records of Scotland (NRS) are responsible for the Scottish Register of Tartans website.
NRS remains committed to maintaining a website to support the Scottish Register of Tartans. There are no current plans to update the user interface of the Scottish Register of Tartans website.
NRS are focused on the launch of the refreshed Scotland’s People website during September 2024 and work will then follow to consider all website provision.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 26 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many vacancies currently exist for NHS non-Executive Whistleblowing Champions, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
There are currently no vacancies.
The list of current Whistleblowing Champions for each board can be accessed via this link: Public appointments - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 26 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the topic of Scottish independence was discussed in the meeting between the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture and David McAllister MEP on 24 January 2024.
Answer
I confirmed with David McAllister the current position on holding another independence referendum following the supreme court ruling on the subject.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 26 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the topic of Scottish independence was discussed in the meeting between the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture and the Irish Ambassador to the EU on 23 January 2024.
Answer
The topic of Scottish independence was not discussed.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 26 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the topic of Scottish independence was discussed in the meeting between the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture and Terry Reintke MEP on 24 January 2024.
Answer
The topic of Scottish independence was not discussed.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 August 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 26 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the topic of Scottish independence was discussed in the meeting between the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture and Simon Coveney TD on 17 January 2024.
Answer
The topic of Scottish independence was not discussed.