Questions and answers

Question reference: S6W-37664

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36183 by Mairi Gougeon on 9 April 2025, when it expects to finalise any requirement for remote electronic monitoring on (a) inshore and (b) offshore trawl fleets.

Our Fisheries Management Strategy sets out actions to support the fishing fleet to modernise, and for appropriate use to be made of new and additional technology, including remote electronic monitoring (REM). As part of this the Scottish Government has already delivered on our commitment to introduce REM requirements for pelagic and scallop vessels, with legislation being passed in June 2024. The legislation can be found at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/165/contents/made

Our commitment to improve the inshore fisheries evidence base through the use of appropriate and proportionate onboard electronic technology monitoring on under 12 metre vessels is currently being progressed.

Further rollout of remote electronic monitoring to other fleets, including offshore trawl vessels, is under review and options will be developed alongside our Future Catching Policy.

Question reference: S6W-37683

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the timeline for the remaining implementation steps ahead of the ban on biodegradable municipal waste to landfill coming into force on 31 December 2025.

Question reference: S6W-37614

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan Scheme has ever been subject to an audit process, and, if not, what plans it has to do so.

Question reference: S6W-37613

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 22 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how the public can access performance metrics for the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan Scheme to show monthly applications and average processing times.

Members of the public can access detailed data, including total applications made, on the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan Scheme for the 2023-24 financial year at https://www.gov.scot/publications/home-energy-scotland-grant-and-loan-scheme-awards/. Work is ongoing to release further scheme data, with the next publication expected shortly.

For average processing times, I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-36322 on 22 April 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

Question reference: S6W-37772

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on ringfencing any funds raised from the extended producer responsibility for packing for investment in frontline waste management services.

Question reference: S6W-37774

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the development of markets for recycled plastic flexibles and films.

Question reference: S6W-37767

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has verified that each local authority is ready to comply with and support implementation of the ban on biodegradable municipal waste to landfill.

Question reference: S6W-37771

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to (a) identify any points of confusion and conflict in waste legislation and (b) develop a coordinated strategy to ensure the optimal sequencing of upcoming waste policy actions.

Question reference: S6W-37770

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether any extra resources will be made available to local authorities to hire additional waste management and operative staff, ahead of the design of a statutory Household Recycling Charter.

Question reference: S6W-37768

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities it has had discussions with regarding the future of waste collection services once a deposit return scheme is introduced, and when any such discussions last took place with each local authority.

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