- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) what progress has been made toward achieving its targets with regard to reducing the volume and proportion of food waste from (i) supermarkets, (ii) households, (iii) restaurants and other eating establishments and (iv) other sources and (b) whether it is on track to meet these targets.
Answer
We do not yet have information on progress in relation to the target on food waste in the Courtauld Commitment with retailers. This is our only specific target on food waste.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets it has set regarding reducing the volume and proportion of commercial waste.
Answer
There are no such targets in place at the moment. However, question 9 in Scotland''s draft
Zero Waste Plan, currently out for consultation, asks whether the government should set any targets in relation to the prevention of commercial and industrial waste and construction and demolition waste:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/waste-and-pollution/Waste-1/wastestrategy.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make an estimate of the volume and proportion of commercial waste discarded in each of the last three years for which figures are available
Answer
Tables 5a and 5b in Annex B to Scotland''s draft
Zero Waste Plan,
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/waste-and-pollution/Waste-1/wastestrategy, published for consultation on 20 August 2009, provide information from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) on commercial waste arisings and management methods. SEPA also publish an annual
Waste Data Digest, providing information on waste arisings and treatment methods:
http://www.sepa.org.uk/waste/waste_data/waste_data_digest.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has undertaken to determine the volume and proportion of food from (a) supermarkets, (b) households, (c) restaurants and other eating establishments and (d) other sources that will become food waste in any given year.
Answer
The Waste and Resources Action Programme have undertaken a UK study on the amount of household food waste. This work was published in July 2008 and can be found at:
http://www.wrap.org.uk/retail/case_studies_research/report_the_food_we.html.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) carried out National Best Practice Projects on fish waste and on food preparation and processing waste “ raw meat and fish. These can be found at:
http://www.sepa.org.uk/waste/waste_publications/national_best_practice_project.aspx.
Business waste surveys carried out by SEPA have quantified food waste arisings by economic sector. These surveys can be found at:
http://www.sepa.org.uk/waste/waste_data/commercial__industrial_waste/business_waste_surveys.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 September 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has undertaken to determine the volume and proportion of commercial waste discarded in Scotland.
Answer
Data produced by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency for the EU Waste Statistics Regulation provides information on all waste generated and managed in Scotland. This data can be found at:
http://www.sepa.org.uk/waste/waste_data/waste_data_reports/waste_statistics_regulations.aspx.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-21139 by Fergus Ewing on 4 March 2009, when it will introduce legislative or other measures to deal with neighbour disputes about high hedges and what those measures will be.
Answer
The Scottish Government had a very productive meeting with Scothedge, the organisation which seeks to secure legislation on this issue in Scotland, on 2 April 2009. I wrote to the Public Petitions Committee on 23 April to provide its members with an update and a copy of the note of the meeting''s outcomes, which had been agreed with Scothedge. My letter and the meeting note can be viewed on the Parliament''s website at
www.scottish.parliament.uk, under Written Submissions for Petition PE984.
In order to build a consensus around the most appropriate course of action, we plan to launch a public consultation on the issue in the summer. Details of this will be published on the Scottish Government website and MSPs, MPs, members of the public and others with an interest will be invited to participate in the consultation process.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executivewhether the Forestry Ministers’ Group has discussed potential changes to the duties and functions of the Forestry Commission.
Answer
The Forestry Ministers'' Group has not discussed potential changes to the duties and functions of the Forestry Commission.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executivewhen the Forestry Ministers’ Group last met and what topics were discussed.
Answer
The Forestry Ministers'' Group last met in October 2005, and it discussed ˜forestry and climate change''. Following that meeting, ministers agreed that they would only meet if and when an issue arose which required cross-border co-ordination.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executivewhen the next meeting of the Forestry Ministers’ Group will take place and what topics will be discussed.
Answer
There are no current plans for a meeting of the Forestry Ministers'' Group.
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Thursday, 30 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 12 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when its review of the Agricultural Wages Board will be complete and the results published.
Answer
We are considering all responses and options put forward and giving very careful consideration to the future role of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board and arrangements for determining pay and conditions of service for agricultural workers in Scotland.
Consultation responses are available on the Scottish Government website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/01/19103314/0.
