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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-38647

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to (a) local authorities and (b) the public regarding the use of exempt fireplaces and stoves in smoke control areas, and how it ensures that the list of DEFRA-approved appliances for Scotland is kept up-to-date and accessible.

Question reference: S6W-38646

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to ensure that local authorities effectively enforce smoke control area regulations and address complaints, particularly regarding the use of unauthorised fuels in domestic wood-burning stoves.

Question reference: S6W-38651

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that public funds do not contribute to the production and export of weapons used in human rights violations.

Question reference: S6W-38387

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02239 by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2016, which states that the Scottish Law Commission had agreed to consider the Division of Commonties Act 1695 as part of its work on statute law repeals, what the outcome was of that work.

Question reference: S6W-38601

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the ongoing industrial dispute between Scottish Water and the trade unions, Unite, GMB and UNISON, including regarding reports that Scottish Water incurred contingency costs of almost £3 million on water operations and contractors during recent industrial action.

Question reference: S6W-38582

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28609 by Christina McKelvie on 6 August 2024, when the result of the Public Health Scotland investigation into the apparent decline in alcohol treatment numbers, which was due for completion in 2024, will be published.

Question reference: S6W-38583

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36288 by Neil Gray on 17 April 2025, whether it will provide an update on the publication of the UK-wide clinical guidelines on alcohol treatment.

Question reference: S6W-38584

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Alcohol brief interventions: A review of strategy and recommendations for policy (ABIs), which was published by Public Health Scotland in October 2024, and how it will take forward the recommendations from the report.

Question reference: S6W-38199

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what alternative environmental taxes, such as those related to incineration, have been considered to replace the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund.

The Scottish Landfill Communities Fund remains operational. A public consultation closed on the 6 June, which will inform decisions on the future of the fund. There are no current plans to introduce a new incineration tax. However, the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Authority, made up of the Scottish Government, UK Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in the Northern Ireland has announced the intention to expand the ETS scheme to cover waste incineration from 2028.

Question reference: S6W-38200

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in the event that the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund is not continued, what assessment has been undertaken of any impact that this will have on the ability to deliver against the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy delivery plans.