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-03939
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03394 by Michael Matheson on 19 October 2021, whether it will provide a breakdown of the source control measures that (a) are currently being used and (b) will be used in future.
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Question reference: S6W-03625
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question SW6-02439 by Tom Arthur on 14 September 2021, whether it has ever reviewed how local authorities manage those parts of their budgets that are market driven, for example, material sales.
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Question reference: S6W-03689
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the (a) money allocated and (b) costs incurred by the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Programme Board since March 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-03690
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02428 by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021, whether it will provide a breakdown of how much of the £8 million funding that was allocated through Zero Waste Scotland was spent by each local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-03393
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what research it is carrying out on the presence of pharmaceuticals in the natural environment.
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Question reference: S6W-03367
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects all relevant businesses to fully support and comply with the Deposit Return Scheme from the launch day onwards.
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Question reference: S6W-03555
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce domestic targets for waste based on the carbon metric rather than weight-based targets, as set out in its Zero Waste Plan from 2011.
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Question reference: S6W-03556
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the comments by Zero Waste Scotland at the meeting of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on 28 September 2021 that consideration should be given to the carbon content of waste, instead of tonnage, when measuring recycling rates, and how it plans to record and report on any such data.
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Question reference: S6W-03365
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of businesses are currently on track to be able to fully comply with the Deposit Return Scheme at launch.
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Question reference: S6W-03359
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will announce the outcome of the Gateway Review into the go-live date for the Deposit Return Scheme.
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