- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that waste captured by the Deposit Return Scheme could be processed outside Scotland, whether it has fully considered the additional carbon impact of transporting the 560 million glass containers that are estimated by Zero Waste Scotland to be in scope of the scheme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-07100 on 18 March 2022. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at /chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity has met with the British Glass Federation in relation to the Deposit Return Scheme.
Answer
I have not had any meetings with British Glass regarding Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). We engaged frequently with British Glass during the policy-development process for DRS, and the former Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change, and Land Reform met them on 8 January 2020 in advance of laying the regulations to establish the scheme.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what efforts it has made to increase the proportion of glass that has been fully recycled and processed in Scotland, and what effect the implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme will have on these efforts.
Answer
Our Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is complementary to extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging, which we are working with the other UK administrations to introduce. Both DRS and packaging EPR will drive higher recycling rates for glass, creating a significant opportunity for the Scottish glass reprocessing industry.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
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Current Status:
Initiated by the Scottish Government.
Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of its plans for onshore wind in Scotland.
Answer
We intend to launch the consultation of the draft Onshore Wind Policy Statement later today, in line with the commitments we set out in the Programme for Government.
The consultative draft of the Policy Statement will be available to view on the Scottish Government website at from today and the consultation questions will be available on Citizen Space at . The consultation will be live for 12 weeks from today until 21 January 2022.
The draft Onshore Wind Policy Statement (OnWPS) sets out the Scottish Government’s ambitions for onshore wind in Scotland out to 2030 in the context of our 2045 net zero emissions commitment. It outlines the huge potential for this technology, and assesses the significant economic opportunity of future deployment, particularly in light of green recovery aspirations. Scotland has excellent onshore wind expertise and is recognised as having one of the best wind regimes anywhere in the world in which to deploy projects.
The consultative draft of the OnWPS has been informed by stakeholder consultation and engagement and seeks views on specific questions, in particular on the Scottish Government ambition to secure an additional 8-12 Gigawatts of installed onshore wind capacity by 2030.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 April 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the decision taken by it on the request of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) that the mobility clause within the contracts of some SNH staff will not be implemented, this decision will be replicated for any other relocations of public sector departments or functions where staff of such departments or functions have a mobility clause requiring them to transfer anywhere within Scotland.
Answer
This question was answered in the Chamber. The answer can be viewed in the Official Report using the following link:
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the decision taken by it on the request of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) that the mobility clause within the contracts of some SNH staff will not be implemented, this decision will be replicated for any other relocations of public sector departments or functions where staff of such departments or functions have a mobility clause requiring them to transfer anywhere within Scotland.
Answer
The improvements proposed for the main Edinburgh to Glasgow line are part of a managed programme of change, providing a more efficient and greener rail network in Central Scotland, delivering faster journey times, increased capacity and more services. It is too early in the design of the scheme to produce a detailed timetable. However, the target for Edinburgh to Glasgow journey times is a reduction from around 50 minutes to around 35 minutes.
The average journey time between Croy and Glasgow Queen Street at present is 18 minutes.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on whether a judicial inquiry should be held into the conduct of the parliamentary and local government elections on 3 May 2007.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive in what way it was consulted by the Scotland Office about the layout of the ballot papers for the parliamentary election on 3 May 2007; whether it received the report on this issue prepared for the Electoral Commission at the request of the Scotland Office, as referred to in The Scotsman on 8 May 2007, and, if so, from whom, which minister or ministers received the report, on what date it was received and whether the Executive made any comments on the report and, if so, what these comments were.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2007
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive in what way it was consulted by the Scotland Office about the layout of the ballot papers for the parliamentary election on 3 May 2007; whether it received the report on this issue prepared for the Electoral Commission at the request of the Scotland Office, as referred to in The Scotsman on 8 May 2007, and, if so, from whom, which minister or ministers received the report, on what date it was received and whether the Executive made any comments on the report and, if so, what these comments were.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 2 April 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of how the Hospital at Home scheme operates, how it is funded, what personnel are required and where it has been piloted.
Answer
It is for NHS boards to provide high quality, safe and sustainablehealthcare services that meet the needs of its local population. Hospital at Homeschemes are community based services designed to provide a care package around anindividuals needs which support prevention of admission to hospital and early dischargefrom hospital. The detail, planning and funding of these services are operationalmatters for NHS boards.
