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.
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To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it provides to local authorities on the keeping of livestock by homeowners and tenants in residential areas.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the decision on whether a new railway station will be built at Winchburgh in West Lothian.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many waste disposal permits it has issued for (a) hazardous, (b) non-hazardous and (c) inert waste in each year since 2007, broken down by region.
To ask the Scottish Executive for how many applications for waste disposal permits the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has changed the classification in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has initiated against waste-disposal operators for wrongful (a) disposal and (b) classification of waste in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many landfill operators have been penalised for breaching licence conditions in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has employed in each year since 2007, broken down by (a) region and (b) division with responsibility for waste.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to provide the Scottish Environment Protection Agency with further powers to deal with breaches of licence conditions.
To ask the Scottish Executive what sanctions are available to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in relation to landfill operators breaching licence conditions.
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers local authorities have to deal with (a) noise and (b) other nuisance caused by livestock kept by homeowners and tenants in residential areas.