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-16903
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the main differences are between its Deposit Return Scheme and the equivalent scheme in (a) Finland, (b) Canada, (c) Germany, (d) Sweden, (e) Denmark and (f) Australia, and, in each case, what the reasons were for taking a different approach to implementation in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-16906
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on circularity education (a) in schools, (b) in colleges, (c) in workplaces and (d) for the general public, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-16909
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement with local authorities it (a) has had and (b) plans to have in the next six months, in relation to the Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-16910
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff are currently working on the Deposit Return Scheme, broken down by pay scale, and how many staff it anticipates will be working on the scheme after it launches on 16 August 2023, broken down by pay scale, and what policy issues it anticipates these staff will be addressing.
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Question reference: S6W-16926
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether scheme articles under the proposed Deposit Return Scheme are deemed to create a new category of waste for the purposes of waste collection services and monitoring.
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Question reference: S6W-17184
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has put in place to reduce the substance abuse of nitrous oxide, particularly among young people.
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Question reference: S6W-16912
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that English craft beer is being labelled as “not for sale in Scotland” due to concerns over the Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-16911
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) ministers, (b) civil servants and (c) Special Advisers travelled overseas to learn more about how deposit return schemes operate in other countries; how much this cost for each of the individuals who travelled, broken down by (i) flights, (ii) accommodation and (iii) other costs, and how any knowledge gathered was disseminated more broadly to support the implementation of its Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6O-02222
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is, regarding any implications for its Water Safety Action Plan, on future lifeboat provision in Arbroath, in light of reported concerns expressed by the local community about the service.
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Question reference: S6W-17308
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether dog trainers will be in scope for the upcoming consultation on the expansion of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021, following the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission’s observation in the Report on the use of handheld remote-controlled training devices (e-collars) in dog training that "professional trainers and behaviourists, are unregulated and are not legally required to have understanding of or training in animal welfare, learning theory or the harm/benefit analysis of e-collar use".
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