Portfolio Questions

Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform

Claudia Beamish S5O-04236
1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent petition calling on the First Minister to declare an ecological emergency.

Liam McArthur S5O-04237
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on preparations for a ministerial visit to Orkney to view the impact of resident greylag geese on farmland and crops.

Angus MacDonald S5O-04238
3. To ask the Scottish Government how measures in its Budget for 2020-21 will help Scotland to meet its climate change ambitions.

Patrick Harvie S5O-04239
4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with small brewers and specialist retailers regarding its plans for a deposit return scheme.

Alexander Stewart S5O-04240
5. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Cleaner Air for Scotland strategy.

Ross Greer S5O-04241
6. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to SEPA's consultation on the matter, for what reason it did not object to the application by the MoD to discharge more radioactive waste into Gareloch.

Gillian Martin S5O-04242
7. To ask the Scottish Government how much coastal communities in the north east have received in Crown Estate revenues since the Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019 came into force.

Daniel Johnson S5O-04243
8. To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that there are adequate climate change risk assessments in place in all policy areas.


Rural Economy and Tourism

Claire Baker S5O-04244
1. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on tourism of the coronavirus, COVID-19.

Annie Wells S5O-04245
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the position of the UK or the EU on fishing rights in relation to the trade negotiations between the two administrations.

Gil Paterson S5O-04246
3. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding food and animal welfare standards in non-EU trade deals since the rural secretary’s letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 20 February.

Edward Mountain S5O-04247
4. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the NFU Scotland document, Stability – The Platform for Change , what pilot schemes for agricultural support it will introduce for the 2021 claim year.

Adam Tomkins S5O-04248
5. To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the potential impact on tourism in Scotland of the recent ruling against building a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

Beatrice Wishart S5O-04249
6. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding its EU negotiations on aquaculture.

Jamie Greene S5O-04250
7. To ask the Scottish Government how the Agriculture Transformation Programme will spend its 2020-21 Budget allocation.

Joan McAlpine S5O-04251
8. To ask the Scottish Government how much it is spending in 2020-21 to provide some stability for farmers and crofters in light of ongoing uncertainties caused by Brexit.