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-02438
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on whether a recommendation was submitted on a preferred design of a HazDoc system for waste monitoring.
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Question reference: S6W-02415
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01875 by Michael Matheson on 16 August 2021, what plans it had to introduce the edoc waste monitoring system referenced in the strategy, Making Things Last: a circular economy strategy for Scotland, before agreeing to a four nations consultation.
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Question reference: S6W-02436
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what trial or pilot projects of the edoc waste monitoring system it has undertaken since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-02414
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a (a) timeline of the work that (i) it and (ii) partner agencies have undertaken on the edoc waste monitoring system referenced in the strategy, Making Things Last: a circular economy strategy for Scotland, and (b) breakdown of the costs of this work, including (A) staff time and (B) costs from partner agencies.
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Question reference: S6W-02008
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to continue with its approach of aligning with or exceeding EU environmental standards, and what its response is, regarding the potential impact on Scotland, to the UK Government’s reported proposals to change the application of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 in England.
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Question reference: S6W-02322
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to providing advice on the maximum recommended dose of vitamin D supplement according to age and weight.
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Question reference: S6W-02178
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01683 by Jamie Hepburn on 6 August 2021, what its reasons are for not applying direct government oversight of the restoration of the Glasgow School of Art, and whether it considers the restoration as a project of national importance.
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Question reference: S6W-02245
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of its biodiversity targets.
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Question reference: S6W-02175
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many current incineration operators have indicated that they have set aside funds to offset the costs of decommissioning their sites should they go out of business.
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Question reference: S6W-02254
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many accessible homes have been built in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
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