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: S6W-17918
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17316 by Lorna Slater on 5 May 2023, whether it will provide a list of the sites referred to along with the stage of construction and/or operational progress achieved for each.
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Question reference: S6O-02309
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the third sector.
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Question reference: S6W-17796
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) funding and (b) staff resource it has allocated to the Real Nappy Campaign in Scotland in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-17795
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) funding and (b) staff resource it has allocated to the Compost at Home campaign since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-17525
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what updates it has received from Circularity Scotland regarding whether a standardised invoicing system or multiple invoice systems are being developed for the Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-17585
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the latest Deposit Return Scheme gateway review will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-17578
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Circularity Scotland provided it with a (a) copy of the detailed schedule to collect scheme packing from return point operators and pay them deposits and handling fees by 21 October 2021 or (b) notification that such a schedule could not be provided by the date, and, if so, when any such notification was made.
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Question reference: S6W-17649
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16905 by Lorna Slater on 25 April 2023, what the current status is of the (a) Construction Advice and Support Service and (b) Green Islands funding.
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Question reference: S6W-17491
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the measures announced by the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity on 20 April 2023 will be the final set of changes to the scope of the Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-17488
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it conducted an analysis of the potential financial impact on (a) registered producers and (b) return point operators before deciding to delay the launch of the Deposit Return Scheme until 1 March 2024.
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