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-24985
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) tonnage, (b) carbon impact and (c) increase from the baseline is of food waste attributable to the public sector in the data gathered in the 2021 Scottish Food Waste Estimate.
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Question reference: S6W-24983
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to review the proportion of contamination in food waste collections.
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Question reference: S6W-24990
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the status is of the schools food waste pilot that began in autumn 2021, and what progress has been made on establishing a baseline for school food waste.
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Question reference: S6W-24992
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much public funding has been spent on communications related to food waste reduction in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-24987
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the status is of the food waste project being developed for secondary schools, as set out in the document, Review of the 2019 Food Waste Reduction Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-24991
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much food has been redistributed through the Food Redistribution Matchmaking Service since 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-24994
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it allocated to support food redistribution projects in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-25092
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 16 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding the capacity of divisional forces to meet the enforcement requirements for the restrictions placed on XL Bully-type dogs.
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Question reference: S6W-25098
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 16 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it next plans to meet the British Veterinary Association to discuss its decision to replicate regulations introduced in England and Wales in relation to XL Bully-type dogs.
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Question reference: S6W-25095
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 16 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will follow the same conformation standard for XL Bully-type dogs as that set out for England and Wales.
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