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-18461
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on who Circularity Scotland has met with during 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-18514
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Ministers were first advised by officials that a separate Deposit Return Scheme exclusion, under the Resources and Waste Common Framework, would be required.
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Question reference: S6W-18463
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what baseline statistics it uses for recycling rates.
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Question reference: S6W-18459
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met British Glass to discuss (a) the Deposit Return Scheme and (b) any other matter.
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Question reference: S6W-18509
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many countries with deposit return schemes that include glass in their scope the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity has travelled to in order to research deposit return schemes, and whether it will provide a list of any such countries.
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Question reference: S6W-18512
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any reporting arrangements in place for Circularity Scotland, and, if so, what any such arrangements are.
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Question reference: S6W-18539
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17872 by Lorna Slater on 25 May 2023, what the remit is of the Ministerial Strategic Assurance Group in relation to the Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-18541
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17872 by Lorna Slater on 25 May 2023, what the membership is of the Ministerial Strategic Assurance Group.
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Question reference: S6W-18540
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17872 by Lorna Slater on 25 May 2023, when the Ministerial Strategic Assurance Group first met in relation to the Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-18537
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17872 by Lorna Slater on 25 May 2023, in relation to the Deposit Return Scheme, whether there is any cross over between the roles of the Ministerial Strategic Assurance Group and Deposit Return Scheme Implementation Advisory Group.
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