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 progress has been made towards developing an indicative declining cap on residual waste treatment capacity, as outlined in 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 area of (a) prime and (b) other agriculture land that is currently used for renewable energy projects, also broken down by the type of renewable energy project.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29352 by Gillian Martin on 17 September 2024, what approaches have been made to (a) academia and (b) the private sector to explore the potential for new recovery solutions.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29351 by Gillian Martin on 12 September 2024, what measures (a) it has taken to expand the provision of reuse options at household waste recycling centres and (b) will be taken forward as part of the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 to expand the provision of such options.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent report from the Design Council, Design Economy: The Green Design Skills Gap, what work is being conducted to ensure that environmental impact is at the heart of the design process in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it sought advice from the Climate Change Committee before reducing Net Zero and Energy funding by £23.4 million.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish an impact assessment of its decision to reduce Net Zero and Energy funding by £23.4 million.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to concerns over its reported plans to downgrade the neonatal intensive care unit at Ninewells Hospital.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of any new measures put in place to respond to storm damage in Angus and across the North East as a result of lessons learned from severe storm damage in 2023.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are being implemented to support the recovery of (a) potassium, (b) nitrogen, (c) sulphur, (d) phosphorus, (e) magnesium, (f) calcium and (g) any other nutrients from waste water.