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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 25 November 2024
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Question reference: S6W-15095

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether Circularity Scotland is subject to the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, and whether it is required to openly tender above threshold procurement opportunities.

Question reference: S6W-15097

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide details of the procurement procedure used by Circularity Scotland in appointing Biffa as the official waste collection and logistics service provider, and what information it holds on how this contract opportunity was advertised.

Question reference: S6O-02046

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how the education system encourages a better understanding of circular economy principles and skills.

Question reference: S6W-15102

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 13 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when NatureScot plans to publish a progress report in relation to each of the 92 recommendations that were accepted by the Scottish Government of the Deer Working Group’s report, The Management of Wild Deer in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-15104

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 13 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how often NatureScot has used its full enforcement powers, in light of the direction from the Scottish Ministers in 2017 that the then Scottish Natural Heritage “take a tougher approach to dealing with non-cooperative landowners, using the full range of enforcement powers at its disposal”.

Question reference: S6W-15379

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 13 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the process used to set up and install Circularity Scotland as scheme administrator for the Deposit Return Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-15363

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 13 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the public funds used by (a) it and (b) its agencies, in each of the last 12 months, to support (i) Circularity Scotland and (ii) Deposit Return Scheme-related activities.

Question reference: S6W-15344

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 10 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its communication with drinks suppliers outside of Scotland to inform them of the Deposit Return Scheme, and which companies it has informed of the scheme in each of the last 12 months, also broken down by country or region.

Question reference: S6W-14918

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 10 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14359 by Lorna Slater on 7 February 2023, whether it will provide a breakdown of any actions that it has taken to ensure that manufacturing work to construct reverse vending machines for the Deposit Return Scheme is completed by Scottish companies.

Question reference: S6W-14917

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 10 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14359 by Lorna Slater on 7 February 2023, which states that the "Deposit Return Scheme is an industry-led scheme, delivered by industry, led by the scheme administrator, Circularity Scotland Ltd”, whether it is the case that industry can change the launch date of the scheme, and, if so, by what process.