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-08787
- 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-31522 by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 September 2020, what subsequent work has been carried out by SEPA and Circularity Scotland to ensure that carbon impact monitoring of the deposit return scheme is ready in time for launch, and whether it will provide an update on current progress with these efforts.
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Question reference: S6W-08786
- 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 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-28705 by Roseanna Cunningham on 6 May 2020, what subsequent monitoring took place; what impacts on industry this identified, and what additional steps were considered necessary to proceed with the deposit return scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-08785
- 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 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01103 by Michael Matheson on 21 July 2021, what subsequent meetings have been held with small brewers regarding the deposit return scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-08623
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08230 by Lorna Slater on 11 May 2022, whether it will provide a further list of any reports commissioned that were never made, or have ceased to be made, publicly available by Zero Waste Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-08624
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08232 by Lorna Slater on 11 May 2022, whether it will provide a breakdown of the use of the reusable nappy vouchers that shows how (a) many have been used, (b) much the scheme has cost and (c) many families have switched permanently to reusable nappies.
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Question reference: S6O-01184
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will next propose a parliamentary debate on reaching net zero.
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Question reference: S6W-08522
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to strengthen existing requirements for waste pre-treatment to extract as much recyclable material as possible.
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Question reference: S6W-08523
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-08526
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it operates a list of countries that it will not allow to receive Scottish waste exports, and, if so, what the reason is for applying the restriction in each case.
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