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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: S5W-30196
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2019 decision paper, Prospects for Prices, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland what evidence the Commission was citing and what analysis it carried out when it stated that relying on short term interventions to maintain assets will result in higher carbon and other emissions than the preferred alternative of replacing assets.
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Question reference: S5W-30188
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2020 decision paper, Prospects for Prices, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, what its definition is of “economically optimal” and how does that relate to climate optimal.
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Question reference: S5W-30190
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2019 decision paper, Asset Replacement, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, what assessment SEPA made of the compatibility of the additional £6 billion of capital assets envisaged together with the emission from the rising costs of maintenance assets with reducing the carbon and other emissions required to meet the terms of the Paris climate agreement.
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Question reference: S5W-30197
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2019 decision paper, Prospects for Prices ,by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, what qualifications and expertise the staff of the Commission had in reducing carbon and other emissions to conclude that Scottish Water’s plans were consistent with its obligations to meet net-zero emissions by 2040, and what external advice it took before reaching this conclusion.
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Question reference: S5W-30193
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2019 decision paper, Asset Replacement, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, whether a strategy for water and waste water asset replacement that seeks to increase the consumption of resources in order to increase the rate at which assets can be created and replaced is consistent with the Scottish Government’s strategic approach envisaged in the development of a circular economy in which assets need to be made to last.
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Question reference: S5W-30191
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2019 decision paper, Asset Replacement, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, what estimate the Commission made of the (a) carbon that would be used in the creation of the additional assets envisaged in the strategy outlined and (b) emissions from the increased level of maintenance of the total assets then under management.
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Question reference: S5W-30192
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2019 decision paper, Asset Replacement, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, what assessment the Commission made of the compatibility of the creation of the additional capital assets and the emissions created by spending more on the ongoing maintenance of assets with reducing the carbon and other emissions required to meet the terms of the Paris climate agreement.
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Question reference: S5W-30195
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2019 decision paper, Prospects for Prices, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, what analysis the Commission undertook of the need for significant innovation in the way that water and waste water services are delivered in order to meet the challenge of the climate emergency.
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Question reference: S5W-30008
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the UK Government will not ask to protect food and environmental standards in its trade deal negotiations with the US, what plans it has to protect the (a) livelihoods of Scotland's farmers and (b) health of Scotland's consumers from any risk associated with possible import of cheap meat products.
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Question reference: S5W-29987
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 13 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that the Global Underwater Hub, announced as part of the Energy Transition Fund, contributes to maintaining and advancing Scotland’s international position in floating offshore wind, tidal and wave energy technologies.