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-15221
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Deposit Return Scheme, how many (a) return points have been registered and (b) reverse vending machines have been ordered by public bodies that operate any (i) retail and (ii) café premises, to date, broken down by each relevant public body.
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Question reference: S6W-15052
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made to develop the Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind for Innovation and Targeted
Oil and Gas Decarbonisation
(INTOG).
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Question reference: S6W-15222
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether any material recycled through the Deposit Return Scheme will be attributed to the overall recycling performance of the local authority area in which it was captured.
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Question reference: S6W-14661
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what process local authorities will be required to follow to redeem deposits from containers entering the kerbside collection system rather than returned through the deposit return scheme.
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Question reference: S6T-01200
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the Deposit Return Scheme will launch.
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Question reference: S6W-15051
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has begun any legislative consent process to consider whether the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill could be extended to Scotland, and, if it is the case that it has not, what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-14662
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 21 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage the sale of clothes free from fossil fuel-derived fibres, and what information it has regarding the quantity of such clothing that has been sold in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-14358
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether materials captured through the proposed Deposit Return Scheme will be retained for use in Scotland once having been recycled, and, if this is not the case, how such recycled material will be used.
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Question reference: S6W-14324
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13582 by Lorna Slater on 18 January 2023, whether it will provide details of any preceding assessment of material switching.
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