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 what its position is on using a single definition of "rural community" for the purposes of delivering energy efficiency programmes.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria SEPA uses when determining whether to revoke a non-compliant license.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how many licenses in March 2016 were assessed by SEPA as being non-complaint, and how many (a) remain non-compliant and (b) are subject to a final warning or enforcement action.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14163 by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 February 2018, how many litter abatement notices have been issued by each local authority in each of the last three years.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact of the ban on plastic straws will be in terms of (a) weight and (b) volume.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has been made of the impact of beavers on (a) red squirrels, (b) beech trees and (c) other aspects of biodiversity.
To ask the Scottish Government what consultations are taking place as part of Zero Waste Scotland’s work to develop a range of possible models for a deposit return scheme.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on a voluntary code of practice for takeaways that have drive-throughs to reduce littering from vehicles.
To ask the Scottish Government what impact litter abatement orders have on keeping roads clean.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to ensure that the research being undertaken by Scottish Water and local authorities to assess sewer and drainage networks is kept up to date in the future.