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-08879
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) individuals and (b) organisations with evidence relevant to the report on the consideration of opportunities to decarbonise waste incineration can do so and, if so, (i) how and (ii) when they can do so.
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Question reference: S6W-08877
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the consideration of opportunities to decarbonise waste incineration has reportedly been removed from the incineration review without consultation.
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Question reference: S6W-08878
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the report on consideration of opportunities to decarbonise waste incineration not being published until autumn 2022, how it will be in a position to respond to the incineration review in June.
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Question reference: S6W-08850
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question SW6-08412 by Lorna Slater on 19 May 2022, for what reason there is a disparity between the figure of £5,267,640 allocated in 2021-22 and the intended distribution of £16 million in 2021-22 outlined in the answer to question S6W-00911 by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-08849
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the proportion of plastic collected in Scotland that will be able to be recycled at the new plastic recycling plant in Fife.
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Question reference: S6W-08876
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the consistency and reliability of data on delivery and funding of Frank’s Law across all local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-08710
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown, by local authority area, of the area of green space currently being created and/or restored through projects funded by (a) the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme and (b) the Nature Restoration Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-08711
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown, by local authority area, showing the progress of work in establishing a nature network, and what support is being provided for that work by the Scottish Government and its agencies.
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Question reference: S6W-08788
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24274 by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 August 2019, what subsequent engagement it has had with online retailers regarding the cost pressures associated with collection of containers.
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Question reference: S6W-08860
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07724 by Mairi McAllan on 9 May 2022, how the additional funding that was authorised but not eventually required by SEPA has been used.
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