Questions and answers
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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-05156
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Liam McArthur on 9 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, in light of all exhibition spaces being booked out and it not being until April 2017 that applications can be made for the September-December 2017 period, whether it will consider opening an additional space in the Garden Lobby for exhibition purposes.
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Question reference: S5W-05157
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Liam McArthur on 9 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body when it decided to reduce the number of exhibition spaces to three, and for what reason.
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Question reference: S5F-00631
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2016
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government can take in light of Age Scotland’s campaign to tackle loneliness during the festive season.
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Question reference: S5W-04651
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce legislation to make it an offence to park on pavements.
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Question reference: S5W-04603
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 21 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to expediting the roll-out of superfast broadband to residents in areas with a commercial presence but whose individual premises are considered not commercially viable for delivery due to being too far from cabinets, and whether such residents can expect interim support prior to the implementation of the new Open Market Review.
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Question reference: S5W-03913
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 9 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09882 by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2012, whether it will provide an update on the figures showing annual deaths from silicosis and related diseases, setting out what those related diseases are.
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Question reference: S5W-03572
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of NHS patients who require a complex optical prescription lens is entitled to funding towards the cost of their prescription.
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Question reference: S5W-03571
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider funding in full complex optical prescription lenses through the NHS.
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Question reference: S5W-03915
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09882 by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2012, what legislation there is that protects construction workers from the health risks of crystalline silica dust.
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Question reference: S5W-03914
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09882 by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2012, what advice is available to construction companies operating in Scotland, and their workers, regarding the health dangers of crystalline silica dust.