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-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.
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Question reference: S6W-24435
- 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 whether there is a central evidence base relating to the aquaculture industry, and, if there is, how stakeholders can gain access to it.
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Question reference: S6W-24469
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support renewables manufacturing that is not within sites designated as Greenports.
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Question reference: S6W-24417
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what improvements have been made to fish health and mortality monitoring in the salmon farming industry since January 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-24418
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action (a) SEPA and (b) Marine Scotland has taken to reduce the level of (i) sea lice infestation, (ii) gill disease and (iii) fish deaths in the salmon farming industry since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-24424
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many closed containment fish farms currently operate in Scotland, broken down by (a) the managing company and (b) location, and what action it is taking to encourage a move towards closed containment fish farms in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-24420
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken since 2018 on the potential impact that poor health of farmed salmon could have on Scotland’s wild salmon stocks.
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Question reference: S6W-24414
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken since 2018 to investigate the potential impact that environmental standards in the salmon farming industry have on the health of farmed fish.
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Question reference: S6W-24419
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the system of reporting by the salmon farming industry of issues relating to fish health, including (a) sea lice numbers, (b) gill health, (c) fish mortality and (d) fish wellbeing, is compulsory or voluntary.