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
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Question reference: S6W-19150
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to adopting a kitemark standard to encourage improved performance in the waste collections sector.
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Question reference: S6W-19149
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of any meetings it has had with (a) industry and (b) local authorities, in the last year, regarding the implications of waste zoning.
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Question reference: S6W-19148
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the statement that "analysis by WRAP has suggested that businesses could save up to 40% by collaborating on service procurement" in its publication, Delivering Scotland’s circular economy: A Route Map to 2025 and beyond, whether it can confirm that it has seen the analysis that is cited, and whether it will publish, or provide a link to, that analysis.
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Question reference: S6W-18920
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18002 by Mairi McAllan on 31 May 2023, how it plans to fulfil its commitment to “consider how biogenic carbon is included in future research commissioned by the Scottish Government”, as set out in its response to recommendation 15 of the Second Report: Decarbonisation of Residual Waste Infrastructure in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-18923
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what target has been set for ensuring that glass collected through the Deposit Return Scheme is (a) not used for aggregate and (b) recycled into high-value forms, such as bottles.
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Question reference: S6W-18922
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which body will be responsible for monitoring the quantity of glass collected through the Deposit Return Scheme that is recycled into high-value forms, and what enforcement measures it will have to ensure that collected glass is not used for aggregate.
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Question reference: S6W-18924
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether subsection 1, section 67 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 applies to discarded Deposit Return Scheme articles, and, if so, whether members of the public would be in contravention of the law if they redeemed or disposed of any such scheme articles that they find.
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Question reference: S6W-18833
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made any stipulation to (a) Circularity Scotland and (b) Deposit Return Scheme logistics partners to offset any carbon emissions produced by the scheme’s collection vehicles, and what plans it has to offset any such emissions.
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Question reference: S6W-18919
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15222 by Lorna Slater on 6 March 2023, when it plans to update the guidance to local authorities, and whether it plans for Deposit Return Scheme recycling data to be attributed either to the local authority where a scheme article is returned, or where a recycling facility is located.
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Question reference: S6W-18831
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has taken since 2019 to ensure that NHS staff and other health professionals and care providers are informed of Frank’s Law, and whether it will provide details of the budget that has been assigned for this purpose in each year.
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