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 First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that up to 100 truckloads of Scotland's waste will be moved each day to England as a result of the landfill ban on biodegradable waste.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Young Carer Grant is only available to carers aged 16 to 18, in light of many young carers being younger than this.
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To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to increase the number of breeding (a) cattle and (b) sheep.
To ask the Scottish Government how many confiscation orders issued prior to 2016 remain unpaid in full or in part.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government committing £10 million of new funding in 2025-26 for trading standards in England to tackle underage sales of tobacco and vapes, prevent sales of illicit tobacco and nicotine products, and fund up to 80 more apprentice enforcement officers, how much funding it is committing to (a) support trading standards teams in Scotland with the ban on single-use disposable vapes, which came into effect on 1 June 2025, and (b) address any challenges in stopping sales of illicit tobacco and nicotine products in communities.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported 600% increase in serious assaults by teenagers over the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors compliance with confiscation orders, and whether this process is subject to independent audit.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to recover the £5 million reportedly owed in unpaid confiscation orders.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish an annual update on unpaid confiscation orders and any enforcement action taken.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Helensburgh Wastewater Treatment Works recording 1,722 spills in 2024 meets the requirement for sewage spills to only happen in exceptional circumstances, in light of the European Court of Justice and Environmental Standards Scotland reportedly emphasising this requirement.