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-11778
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10333 by Mairi Gougeon on 13 September 2022, whether it will provide details of the terms and timeline of the review of the British Wool Board.
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Question reference: S6O-01470
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update on the progress that has been made on a Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-11235
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 18 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10660 by Maree Todd on 27 September 2022, what its position is on whether questions around eating disorders should be incorporated into future Scottish Health Surveys, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-11282
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10252 by Michael Matheson on 7 September 2022, for what reason no monitoring activity was undertaken in areas of high population and high population density, such as Aberdeen City, Dundee City, East and West Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire, and how it plans to monitor potential risks in those areas.
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Question reference: S6W-11366
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 17 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02434 by Lorna Slater on 13 September 2021, what progress has been made on the waste compositional analysis, and whether it will be possible to publish updated food waste data before the full analysis is completed.
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Question reference: S6W-10831
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 11 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the Deposit Return Scheme public awareness campaign launched; how long it will run for; what budget has been allocated to it, and what engagement has been recorded from the public to date.
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Question reference: S6W-11185
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 4 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10419 by Lorna Slater on 20 September 2022, whether it will provide the information requested and provide a list of the meetings held by the board, and which ministers attended each meeting, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.
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Question reference: S6T-00897
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to meet air quality limit values, in light of the recent report from Environmental Standards Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-11018
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 30 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10331 by Ivan McKee on 6 September 2022, whether support from the Circular Textiles Fund is available without capital expenditure requirements.
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Question reference: S6W-11017
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10335 by Ivan McKee on 6 September 2022, what metric it uses to assess and direct support for Scottish wool producers in the absence of data on the quantity of Scottish wool used in manufacturing.