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-25598
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25326 by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 September 2019, whether it will provide a breakdown of the £1.8 million spent by Zero Waste Scotland on programme delivery for the deposit return scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-25597
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 October 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25327 by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 September 2019, how it plans to allocate the £1.2 million remaining from the Resource Efficient Circular Economy Accelerator Programme in the 2018-19 budget line.
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Question reference: S5W-25498
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities will receive technical support to manage kerbside collections as a result of the introduction of a deposit return system.
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Question reference: S5W-25500
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will take to raise public awareness of the landfill ban on biodegradable waste.
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Question reference: S5W-25499
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25254 by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 September 2019, whether glass collected via its proposed deposit return system could be recycled outwith Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-25327
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of ERDF funds allocated by Zero Waste Scotland, and how much remains unallocated for (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-25330
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24295 by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 August 2019, what representation (a) the glass manufacturing industry and (b) consumers will have on the deposit return scheme Implementation Advisory Group.
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Question reference: S5W-25326
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23388 by Roseanna Cunningham on 6 June 2019, whether it will provide a breakdown of the £3,162,000 spent on the deposit return scheme by Zero Waste Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-25254
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 24 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what impact a deposit return system that includes glass will have on the availability of glass recyclate for remanufacture in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5T-01792
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that it meets its new target for banning biodegradable municipal waste going to landfill.