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-25761
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it will prevent any market distortion that could arise because of glass being included in the proposed deposit return scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-25866
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what measures have been taken to assess the impact of the 20p deposit charge on people in the low-income bracket.
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Question reference: S5W-25867
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what measures have been taken to assess the potential risk of fraud as a result of glass inclusion in its deposit return scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-25868
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on evidence from the research and consulting company, Oakdene Hollins, in its report, Recycling DRS in Scotland, published in September 2019, that glass reverse vending machines are not currently economically viable for glass, and what measures it is taking to ensure that they are.
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Question reference: S5W-25865
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has that supports a projected deposit return scheme glass collection rate of 90%.
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Question reference: S5W-25864
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has to support its claims that there is "overwhelming public support for an all in deposit return scheme in Scotland".
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Question reference: S5W-25764
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the basis is of the claim at table 2.2 in the paper, A Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland, that, under the current system, the recycling rate for glass would be unlikely to increase above 64% by 2043.
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Question reference: S5W-25881
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve road safety on the A75.
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Question reference: S5O-03711
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it tackles non-native invasive species.
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Question reference: S5W-25805
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25088 by Michael Matheson on 17 September 2019, where the 40% of the ChargePlace Scotland network serving small towns and rural areas is located, broken down by Parliamentary constituency and region.