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-12276
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many research and policy papers have been commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland in each of the last three years; what proportion remain unpublished at least six months after their completion date, and what the total cost has been of the work involved in compiling these unpublished papers.
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Question reference: S5W-12275
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) published and (b) unpublished research it has commissioned regarding the potential effects of increased circular economic activity on the labour market.
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Question reference: S5W-12278
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of public sector vehicles use alternative fuels.
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Question reference: S5W-11933
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the effectiveness of efforts to inform small businesses of their obligations under current waste regulations and to support mechanisms available to help them meet those obligations.
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Question reference: S5W-11935
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses currently identified by SEPA as being non-compliant with waste regulations have been so for more than (a) six months and (b) a year.
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Question reference: S5W-11934
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what targets and timescales have been set for SEPA to reach positive outcomes with those businesses that have been identified a being non-compliant with waste regulations.
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Question reference: S5W-11936
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been committed to date via the Circular Economy Investment Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-11932
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it would consider making it a statutory offence for fish farmers to release their stock into the wild either deliberately or by failing to secure them properly within the boundaries of the farm.
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Question reference: S5W-11931
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it would consider making it a requirement for fish farmers, when submitting information about stock escapes, to include details of any pesticide or other chemical or pharmaceutical treatments the fish had been exposed to in the four-week period prior to their escape.
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Question reference: S5W-11351
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 29 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what impact its plan to phase out new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2032 will have on how much the country's electricity (a) suppliers and (b) generators will pay in (i) Transmission Network Use of System and (ii) Balancing Services Use of System charges.
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