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 steps it is taking to ensure that there is a wide representation of people with autistic spectrum disorders on (a) the Scottish Strategy for Autism Governance Group and (b) similar groups.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reviewing the penalties for offences committed under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006, including extending the term limits of bans on owning animals.
To ask the Scottish Government what research has been commissioned regarding the commercialisation of hydrogen technology.
To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale is for the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Scottish Natural Heritage and other partners to publish a proposal to undertake a full census of breeding seabirds.
To ask the Scottish Government what benefit has been derived from lowering the rate of non-hazardous soil treatment of recyclable soils.
To ask the Scottish Government how much carpet material has been sent to landfill in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce the amount of carpet material being sent to landfill.
To ask the Scottish Government whether its circular economy strategy is on course to deliver 5,700 remanufacturing jobs by 2020, as outlined in its Making Things Last report.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on establishing an environmental grants initiative similar to the Highways England Environment Designated Fund scheme.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has provided to each local authority in each year since 2011 to support (a) kerbside recycling systems, excluding food waste collections and (b) the Recycle for Scotland campaign.