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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-33871
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what “evaluation of employers’ needs in fisheries, to find out what parts of the sector can provide fair employment to new entrants in the industry” it has carried out, as referenced in the June 2022 publication, Women in Scottish Fisheries: A literature review on experiences, challenges and opportunities for women working in the Scottish fishing industry.
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Question reference: S6W-33916
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions the current (a) Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands and (b) Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity has met with the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation since they were appointed to their role.
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Question reference: S6W-33853
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many responses were received to the consultation, Fisheries management measures within Scottish Offshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), and how many respondents (a) supported and (b) opposed the proposed full site fisheries management measures for offshore MPAs.
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Question reference: S6W-33918
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions the current (a) Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands and (b) Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity has met with the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association since they were appointed to their role.
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Question reference: S6W-33902
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response was to the June 2022 National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations paper, Spatial Squeeze in Fisheries Final Report.
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Question reference: S6W-33895
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it has supported the fishing industry to invest in low-carbon fishing vessels for inshore waters, as stated in the 2021 Scottish National Party manifesto.
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Question reference: S6W-33874
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has gathered on the “updated quantitative evidence on the gender pay gap in fisheries across the sector”, as referenced in the June 2022 publication, Women in Scottish Fisheries: A literature review on experiences, challenges and opportunities for women working in the Scottish fishing industry.
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Question reference: S6W-33904
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it had with the fishing industry prior to publishing (a) Climate Change Plan, The Third Report on Proposals and Policies 2018-2032 and (b) Update to the Climate Change Plan 2018 – 2032 Securing a Green Recovery on a Path to Net Zero.
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Question reference: S6W-33850
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it has worked with the seafood industry to “explore how to encourage visibility of the sector as a career and seafood as a sustainable food source”, as outlined in its 2022 document, Strategy for Seafood.
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Question reference: S6W-33921
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions the current (a) Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands and (b) Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity has met with the Fishing Vessel Agents & Owners Association (Scotland) Ltd since they were appointed to their role.
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