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His Majesty the King Before we begin today’s business, on behalf of all members and staff of the Parliament, I would like to express our concern and send our very best wishes to His Majesty the King.
What I did not see among the slim pickings in the press and social media was the Scottish Greens taking the credit for their coalition’s £250 million cut to our local authorities.
A lot of the waste that the sector produces does not end up in landfill; it is reprocessed on site. I have to look to my colleagues in SEPA for details on the terminology, but although is still counted as waste, it is either processed on site or is taken off site and put into ...
After section 11 Amendment 11 moved—Jamie Hepburn—and agreed to. After section 11A Amendment 26 moved—Dr Richard Simpson. The question is, that amendment 26 be agreed to.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any other NHS sites that are seeking to undertake further surveys of buildings with a confirmed presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), to ensure that immediate remedial action is not required.
There is significant variation in the actual cost to restore peatland depending on site specific factors like the size and location of the site, level of degradation and required work to remedy, and accessibility.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 January 2022
The resulting reduction in biodegradable waste sent to landfill will lead to a decline in GHG emissions, principally methane, from landfill sites; these changes are currently accounted for in the CCP waste sector emissions estimates.