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: S5W-32573
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what options there are to treat municipal waste in the event that compositional changes result in the rate of kgCO2e/t from incineration overtaking landfill.
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Question reference: S5W-32571
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on discussions between SEPA and energy-from-waste (EfW) operators in relation to improving data collection to determine the (a) composition and volume of incinerated waste and (b) final destination of waste items that are difficult to incinerate.
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Question reference: S5W-32572
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether energy-from-waste (EfW) technologies are low-carbon solutions for waste treatment.
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Question reference: S5W-32959
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the pilot action to address littering and fly-tipping in remote rural locations, as set out in Zero Waste: Towards a Litter-free Scotland: A Strategic Approach To Higher Quality Local Environments.
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Question reference: S5W-32953
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many calls have been made to the Dumb Dumpers hotline in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S5W-32954
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) locations, (b) costs and (c) outcomes have been of the pilot scheme to reward communities that encourage voluntary clean-ups of black spots, as set out in Zero Waste: Towards a Litter-free Scotland: A Strategic Approach To Higher Quality Local Environments.
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Question reference: S5W-32960
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many Recycle on the Go facilities have been installed in each local authority area, also broken down by how much waste these have captured.
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Question reference: S5W-32955
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) locations, (b) costs and (c) reductions in litter frequency/volume have been of the tailored local messaging pilot projects to influence behaviour in motivating people not to litter, as set out in Zero Waste: Towards a Litter-free Scotland: A Strategic Approach To Higher Quality Local Environments.
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Question reference: S5W-32958
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with (a) businesses, (b) land managers and (c) third sector groups since 2014 to improve the monitoring and reporting of littering, and what subsequent improved data capture has been recorded.
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Question reference: S5W-32956
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted since 2014 regarding public attitudes to littering.