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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government which independent body will be responsible for overseeing the Scottish SPCA's use of enhanced powers in relation to wildlife crime.
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to update the business and regulatory impact assessment for the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, in light of its intention to afford enhanced powers to the Scottish SPCA in relation to wildlife crime.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the estimated cost of the specified training that will be undertaken by Scottish SPCA inspectors in relation to wildlife crime, and who will bear the cost.
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost was of the independent taskforce charged with conducting a review of Scottish SPCA powers.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether any increased use of the junction between the A1 trunk road and the B6438 as a result of the opening of Reston station is a cause for any increased reports of dangerous incidences, and whether it will take any action to mitigate any added risk of increased traffic flow.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on plans to fully dual the A1 between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed.
To ask the Scottish Government how many reports of illegal fishing have been substantiated by Marine Scotland in each year since 2017.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide emergency approval for the use of asulam for bracken control, in light of reported concerns by farmers that Lyme disease will spread in Scottish hillsides if it is not approved.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it expects that the R100 programme will be completed.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity has met with its adviser on tick-borne diseases, Prof Roy Brown, to discuss the control of bracken with the use of Asulox.