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-10544
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when Scotland’s Creative Industries Partnership last met, and whether minutes of the meeting will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-10763
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many public procurement contracts in 2016 included an option for leasing or buying a service, rather than capital purchase.
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Question reference: S5W-10539
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to extend the liability for taxation at illegal waste sites to persons other than the illegal waste site controller, such as landowners, waste transporters or waste producers.
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Question reference: S5W-10541
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to tax all landfilled materials at the standard rate.
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Question reference: S5W-10540
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a credit system whereby tax applied to waste under illegal waste provisions could be reclaimed if it is disposed, at a later date, in a licensed landfill by a legitimate operator.
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Question reference: S5W-10543
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the (a) profile, (b) quantity and (c) quality of post-industrial waste material, such as knitted, woven or bonded materials and yarn from the textile industry.
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Question reference: S5W-10542
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether hazardous wastes, such as air pollution control residues, will continue to be allowed to go to landfill even if they exceed the waste acceptance criteria outlined in the EU Landfill Directive.
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Question reference: S5W-10545
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the potential of developing a Scottish eco-design label to encourage sustainable design.
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Question reference: S5W-10493
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the independent auditing of industry efforts to reduce plastic pellet loss and what support it can provide toward this.
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Question reference: S5W-10492
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking promote awareness of the voluntary scheme, Operation Clean Sweep, which aims to reduce plastic pellet loss.