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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: S5W-25341

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to consult on potential new payment models for advanced therapy medicinal products.

The Scottish Government welcomes the development in advanced medicinal products for individual patients and their transformative potential offering the possibility of long term remission.

With this in mind, the Government encourages proposals from manufacturers that can help the NHS to achieve best value for new medicines, including proposals that involve reimbursement based upon recorded patient outcomes.

Question reference: S5W-25357

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on new medicines by each NHS board in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-25352

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government which GP surgeries have closed in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5O-03583

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase biodiversity in Edinburgh.

Question reference: S5W-25033

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what assessments it has carried out of how the introduction of a deposit return system will impact on consumer choice.

Decisions concerning the marketing of products are ultimately a matter for individual producers. The Scottish Government’s Deposit Return Scheme Full Business Case Stage 1 concludes that industry is best placed to deliver an efficient and effective scheme which minimises additional cost for business. This model, supported by an industry-led approach to the adoption of fraud prevention measures, is intended to limit the potential impact of deposit return on consumer choice.

Question reference: S5W-25032

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what impact assessments it has carried out of how the introduction of a deposit return system will impact on its minimum unit pricing policy.

The deposit charged to consumers should not be considered to form part of the price of products. We intend that the deposit level be advertised separately from the price of all products sold in obligated containers and this is provided for in the draft regulations which have been laid before Parliament. We anticipate that at least 90% of deposits paid by consumers will be redeemed once DRS is fully established, with redeemed deposits then being used to offset future purchases. This should minimise any impact on product choice.

Question reference: S5W-25038

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how the creation of a separate Scottish market for soft and alcoholic drinks would impact on (a) Scottish-based and (b) foreign producers' access to the Scottish market and (c) consumers in Scotland.

As per the answer to question S5W-25037 on ‎ 18 September 2019, the Scottish Government’s draft Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 propose the introduction of new legal obligations on all producers wishing to sell single-use drinks containers to consumers in Scotland. In the case of articles produced outside the United Kingdom, the Regulations define a producer as the importer.

Question reference: S5W-25037

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether creating a separate Scottish market for soft and alcoholic drinks, thereby removing it from the current UK-wide system, would have a detrimental impact on Scottish producers.

The draft Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 propose the introduction of new legal obligations on all producers wishing to sell single-use drinks containers to consumers in Scotland. It will be for producers to determine appropriate fraud prevention measures which we understand to be the key issue in determining whether separate stock will need to be held for the Scottish market.

Question reference: S5W-25034

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its estimate is of the producer fee for glass bottles that will be required to be paid in the first years of the deposit return fee in addition to the 20p deposit rate.

Question reference: S5W-25039

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the introduction of a deposit return system will have on the viability of kerbside recycling for local authorities.

The Scottish Government remains committed to supporting local authority collection arrangements for a range of packaging materials alongside DRS. Under our proposed reforms of wider packaging producer responsibility arrangements, the costs to local authorities of delivering these services will in future be met by producers.

Zero Waste Scotland continues to work with local authorities to assess the impact of deposit return on their waste collection services.