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
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Question reference: S6W-18921
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much glass recyclate from kerbside collections has been (a) used for aggregate and (b) recycled into high-value forms, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6O-02423
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023
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Question reference: S6W-18096
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications with no capital expenditure elements were successful in the first round of funding from the Circular Textiles Fund broken down by funding awarded.
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Question reference: S6W-18157
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use the evidence collected in the call for evidence on single-use food containers and other single-use items.
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Question reference: S6W-18152
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its acceptance in principle of recommendation 17 of the second report of the independent review of the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy in Scotland, how it plans to stop the incineration of non-recyclable plastics once these items enter the waste management system.
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Question reference: S6W-18153
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government (a) when and (b) how it anticipates carbon emissions from the burning of plastic in incinerators will reduce, based on the policy interventions in the second report of the independent review of the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-18094
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particulate air monitors are installed at schools in each local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-18098
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has made available for early-stage circular textiles projects, in light of reports that the Circular Textiles Fund excludes such projects in its application criteria.
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Question reference: S6W-18154
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce its proposed Circular Economy Bill in the Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-18155
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it (a) has conducted and (b) plans to conduct an analysis of how successful the ban on single-use plastics has been since it was introduced in 2022.