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-08525
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of which countries have received Scottish waste exports, and how much each received, in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-08524
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 19 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the earliest year is for which it is technically possible to separate incineration plant emissions data from wider energy sector emissions data.
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Question reference: S6W-08455
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 19 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken in the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill to prevent the third-party sale of fireworks to non-licence-holders.
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Question reference: S6W-08436
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 19 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5W-34970 by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 February 2021, whether it can provide a breakdown of any funding awards it has made since that answer to circular economy textiles projects.
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Question reference: S6W-08412
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 19 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much was distributed through the Recycling Improvement Fund in the financial year 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-08454
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 19 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the risk of multiple people per household applying for a fireworks licence following the introduction of the provisions in the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6F-01111
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 May 2022
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is supporting households, communities and businesses to take part in the Big Plastic Count.
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Question reference: S6W-08341
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the findings of the Zero Waste Scotland project on "Creating a Vision for Circular Ports in Scotland", as referred to in the Contract Notice that was published on 2 November 2021, will be made available.
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Question reference: S6W-08346
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the next annual update of the Material Flow Accounts published by Zero Waste Scotland in May 2021 will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-08343
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05492 by Lorna Slater on 20 January 2022, what the remaining parts of the Zero Waste Scotland research to analyse the steel market in Scotland are, and when those reports will be available.
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