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-24152
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 31 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when the first meeting of the Animal Welfare Commission will be held; what organisations will be represented on it, and what welfare issues it will be considering in its first year.
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Question reference: S5W-23886
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the risks of the contraction in the markets for plastic waste overseas, and what action it is taking in mitigation.
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Question reference: S5W-23885
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the waste plastics that were collected for recycling in each of the last three years was reprocessed into new plastic input materials in (a) Scotland, (b) the UK, (c) Europe and (d) the rest of the world.
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Question reference: S5W-23887
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much waste plastic collected for recycling has been repatriated to Scotland in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S5W-23884
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the end destinations for the waste plastics that were collected for recycling in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S5W-23883
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the development of domestic reprocessing capacity for waste plastic, and how the proposed deposit return scheme will assist with this approach.
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Question reference: S5W-23888
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates an increase in repatriation of waste plastics to Scotland and, if so, what action it is taking in mitigation.
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Question reference: S5W-23889
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 July 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports the development of domestic reprocessing capacity for waste plastic that has been collected for recycling.
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Question reference: S5W-24064
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ash Denham on 28 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm details of the publication of the civil contingency preparedness review of nuclear warhead transportation by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and HM Fire Service Inspectorate.
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Question reference: S5W-23882
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of figures from the Greyhound Board of Great Britain, which record that 932 racing dogs in the UK were killed in the last year and 4,963 were injured, what information it has regarding numbers in Scotland, and whether it will consider intervening if it considers that the figures are unacceptable.
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