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-29917
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 1 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that major retail operators in Scotland are following the timetable and requirements on easing the lockdown and safe reopening that apply to their type of business in Scotland, rather than following those that apply elsewhere.
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Question reference: S5W-29757
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020 the Care Inspectorate has imposed emergency conditions, under section 67 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, on providers in respect of (i) care homes for adult and (ii) other care services.
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Question reference: S5W-29756
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26399 by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019, how many care homes for adults have been graded as (a) unsatisfactory and (b) weak for “Quality of staffing/How good is our staff team?” since 1 August 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-29755
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment was made of the ability of (a) care home services for adults and (b) other care services, which had an unsatisfactory or weak grading to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-29754
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many inspections were carried out by the Care Inspectorate of care home for adults in each year since 2014, and how many of these were return inspections.
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Question reference: S5W-30048
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has taken scientific advice on sampling wastewater as a means of identifying the presence or tracking the spread of SARS-Cov-2.
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Question reference: S5W-29945
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when regular blood donors aged over 70 will be able to resume making blood donations.
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Question reference: S5W-29862
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will fulfil its commitment in its COVID-19 framework for decision making to support Scotland's partner countries of Malawi, Zambia and Rwanda to build resilience to, and tackle the impact of, COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-29605
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 16 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-02130 by Kate Forbes on 5 May 2020 (Official Report, c.14), in light of the cabinet secretary's comment that "it would be highly irresponsible to allocate money without carrying out the analysis that is necessary to understanding and determining where local authorities most require it,” whether COSLA has provided a complete set of the data from councils regarding their financial losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and, if not, when it expects COSLA to provide this information.
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Question reference: S5W-29549
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 16 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide guidance to local authorities to specify that taxi drivers should be permitted to install protective screening in their vehicles, and what conditions, if any, should apply.
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