- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 May 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reintroduction of the European beaver to Scotland.
Answer
The potential formal reintroduction of beavers raises complex issues around their management and legal protection. Scottish Ministers are considering these issues carefully before making a decision on the future of beavers in Scotland.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 May 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce its decision regarding the re-introduction of the European beaver, and what steps it has taken to ensure that the decision complies with the EU habitats directive.
Answer
A decision will be announced later in 2016. The decision will be compliant with the requirements of the EU habitats directive.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 May 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce its decision regarding extending the powers of the Scottish SPCA to tackle wildlife crime.
Answer
A decision on whether to extend the investigatory powers of the Scottish SPCA will be announced in due course.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 May 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings (a) ministers and (b) officials have had with (i) Judy Murray and (ii) organisations representing the interests of tennis at which development proposals at Park of Keir near Dunblane were discussed, broken down by (A) date and (B) location.
Answer
There have been no meetings involving ministers or officials with either Judy Murray or organisations where the development proposals at Park of Keir were discussed.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 28 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of carbon dioxide emission reductions from the manufacturing and construction sector between 1990 and 2004 can be attributed to (a) improved energy efficiency in the sector and (b) closures in heavy manufacturing industry, such as the closure of the Ravenscraig plant.
Answer
Information on the relative contributionof different factors, such as energy efficiency, to reductions in emissions fromthe manufacturing and construction sector is not held centrally.
However, as indicated in Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England,Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 1990-2004,published by the National Environmental Technology Centre and available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 42395), emissions frommanufacturing industry and construction have declined over the period by 41%, mainlydue to the closure of the Ravenscraig Steel Plant.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 28 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how the scale of carbon dioxide sinks from land use, land use change and forestry is calculated and whether the methodology for this calculation has changed since the baseline year of 1990.
Answer
Estimation methodologies are includedin Appendix 1 of
Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland published by the National EnvironmentalTechnology Centre. The latest available data, for the period 1990-2004, was publishedin 2006 and is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number42395).
Since 1990, improvements to data collection and estimation techniqueshave resulted in revisions to the data and methods used to estimate emissions. Whereappropriate, revisions are made to historic data which means that it is not appropriateto make comparisons with previous inventory reports without taking account of changesto data and estimation techniques.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 15 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in consulting on amending the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 in respect of ship-to-ship oil transfer in the Firth of Forth.
Answer
We would aim to bring forwardproposals for consultation at the earliest opportunity if review of the Regulationsestablishes the need for any change in the way that they apply to port and harbourauthority responsibilities.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its Cabinet has received a report on the objectives presented in Changing Our Ways: Scotland鈥檚 Climate Change Programme, as outlined in Section 7.6 of that document, and, if not, when it will do so and discuss any progress.
Answer
Changing Our Ways; Scotland鈥檚 Climate Change Programme, publishedon 30 March 2006, commits the Executive to report annually to the ScottishCabinet in the first instance, and to then submit a report to Parliament. In linewith that commitment, the first annual report is due to be submitted to Cabinetby the end of March 2007 and, thereafter, to Parliament.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Parliament will be given a progress report on the objectives presented in Changing Our Ways: Scotland鈥檚 Climate Change Programme, as outlined in Section 7.6 of that document, and when the Executive will propose that the Parliament debates the report.
Answer
Changing Our Ways; Scotland鈥檚 Climate Change Programme, publishedon 30 March 2006, commits the Executive to report annually to the ScottishCabinet in the first instance, and to then submit a report to Parliament. In linewith that commitment, the first annual report is due to be submitted to Cabinetby the end of March 2007 and, thereafter, to Parliament.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 25 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will undertake a comprehensive review of the transposition of, and compliance with, the EU Habitats Directive.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committedto ensuring that Scottish legislation gives full effect to the provisions of theEU Habitats Directive. Relevant legislative provisions are kept under review ona continuous basis, taking into account relevant case law or court judgments. TheConservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations2007, currently passing through this Parliament, is an outcome of that process andwill make a number of changes to the Conservation Regulations in order to meet therequirements of the European Court of Justice rulings on cases C-6/04 and C-131/05.
