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, further to the answer to question S6W-05517 by Lorna Slater on 24 January 2022, regarding the estimated 27% lower impact of incineration over landfill, whether it will confirm that this involves an underlying assumption that (a) it is an estimate of historical (circa 2018) impacts rather than current or anticipated climate impacts of incineration, (b) it is based on sending waste directly to landfill with no biostabilisation component, (c) the impact of displaced energy is modelled using the UK grid rather than the relatively more decarbonised Scotland grid and (d) the technical report that contains the 27% estimate acknowledges data gaps in the composition of municipal waste and the energy outputs of energy from waste (EfW) plants.
To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and (b) Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health and Sport last met the (i) Chair and (ii) Lead Clinician of the National Advisory Committee responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Respiratory Care Action Plan.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02394 by Maree Todd on 15 September 2021, what action it is taking to address reported disparities in access to flash glucose monitors and insulin pumps in economically deprived and minority ethnic groups.
To ask the Scottish Government whether municipal waste incinerators in Scotland are currently required to accurately measure direct CO2 emissions through the use of calibrated flow rates and calibrated CO2 continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), and, if not, what plans there are to require this, in line with the approach taken by the UK Government Environment Agency.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a recent Royal College of Nursing Scotland employment survey, what action it is taking in response to the reported finding that 61% of nursing staff in Scotland are thinking of leaving their jobs.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the prevalence of financial scams linked to the NHS Scotland Covid Status app.
To ask the Scottish Government how people who do not have access to online services and cannot access the NHS Scotland Covid Status app can obtain a paper copy of their vaccine certificate in advance of international travel.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the net benefit figure for Business, in table 2 of annex F of the publication, A Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland: Final Business Regulatory Impact Assessment, of £333 million is calculated as the sum of -£1,291 and £920 million, and, if so, whether the figure is correct, and, if not, how the figure is calculated.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is working with local authorities to support the recycling and reuse of household paint.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to assist the NHS board in staffing the minor injuries unit at Chalmers Hospital, Banff.