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: S5W-32502
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to develop advice and support services for community food redistribution projects; what services have been developed; where they have been deployed, and which projects have benefited from them.
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Question reference: S5W-32512
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of fly-tipping have been recorded in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S5W-32510
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what behaviour-change marketing campaigns it has run since 2011 aimed at discouraging littering, broken down by the (a) cost of, (b) reach of and (c) outcome in litter reduction achieved by each campaign.
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Question reference: S5W-32500
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its consultation on an obligation for food retail sites over a certain size to redistribute edible food; when it expects to implement such measures, and what the criteria will be for site inclusion.
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Question reference: S5W-32499
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when the Waste Data Strategy Board’s detailed monitoring and reporting timeline will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-32495
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the effect that its advertising campaigns have had in increasing uptake of tools to prevent food waste among consumers and householders.
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Question reference: S5W-32511
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalty notices for littering have been issued by each public body in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S5W-32509
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its planned 2020 review of its national litter strategy, Towards A Litter-Free Scotland: A Strategic Approach To Higher Quality Local Environments.
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Question reference: S5W-32497
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government which hospitality sub-sectors it has prioritised for support to reduce food waste; what best practice guidance has been developed for them, and what proportion of businesses in each of these sub-sectors has received such guidance in the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S5W-32507
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried of the (a) frequency and (b) quantity of litter in each year since 2014.