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-18158
- 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 (a) plans it made and (b) resources it provided to local authorities to enforce the ban on single-use plastics introduced in 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-18151
- 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 the Waste Route Map to 2025 will be published, in light of its consultation stating that the full route map would be published in early 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-18097
- 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 for what reason the period of five weeks was chosen as the timescale for receiving applications for the latest funding round of the Circular Textiles Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-18159
- 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 5 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08343 by Lorna Slater on 12 May 2022, when the four reports on steel, referred to in its answer, will be made publicly available, in light of it being over a year since its answer.
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Question reference: S6W-18156
- 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 5 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the analysis of its call for evidence on single-use food containers and other single-use items, conducted from April to June 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-18099
- 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 5 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has made available for small-scale circular textiles projects with resource needs of less than £25,000.
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Question reference: S6W-18078
- 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 5 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17389 by Lorna Slater on 10 May 2023, how the potential financial impact of advanced payments on affected companies was assessed prior to announcing the recent delay to the scheme; whether it will provide (a) details of any experts that were consulted on the likely financial impact of advance payments on affected companies and (b) any advice received, and whether it will publish the final assessment of the likely financial impact that was used to inform its decision to delay the launch of the scheme until 1 March 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-17990
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 2 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it educates and engages primary and secondary school pupils on issues related to any disconnects between raw material extraction and end product use.
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Question reference: S6W-18001
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 1 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided through Scotland’s Heat Network Fund to support combined heat and power initiatives at incineration plants, broken down by facility.
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Question reference: S6W-18004
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that plastic waste collected through the Deposit Return Scheme is not exported outwith Scotland, in accordance with its acceptance of recommendation 18 of Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury? Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland, Second Report: Decarbonisation of Residual Waste Infrastructure in Scotland.
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