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.
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To ask the Scottish Government when it will commence the first practical measures to divert plastics from residual waste sent for incineration as outlined in its response to the Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the root causes behind the reported lack of significant progress in increasing Scotland’s household recycling rate relative to 2011, and, if no such breakdown exists, whether it will provide details of the steps that it is taking to conduct such an assessment.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority of (a) direct Scottish Government funding from the Nature Restoration Fund, (b) all project applications made to the Fund, (c) the projects that received money from the Fund and (d) the value of each award.
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many contractors have worked and (b) what the expenditure has been on contractors, in its Cladding Remediation Unit in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Scottish Government what the average day rate is of the contractors in its Cladding Remediation Unit.
To ask the Scottish Government how many times Circularity Scotland has met with Zero Waste Scotland in order to ensure that all of Zero Waste Scotland’s knowledge and understanding on the circular economy is being used in support of Circularity Scotland's work.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the (a) full details of the evaluation process for deciding on new national parks and (b) timelines for the process.
To ask the Scottish Government whether Zero Waste Scotland will continue to be funded entirely from public funds.
To ask the Scottish Government what checks and monitoring processes it has in place to ensure that the money it provided to businesses through the Business Ventilation Fund has been used by those businesses for the reasons stated in their applications.
To ask the Scottish Government what can be done to reduce the need for those with Alzheimer's disease to wait in accident and emergency waiting rooms for extended periods of time.