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: S6W-05414
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered giving local authorities the option of opting out of its plans to regulate short-term lets.
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Question reference: S6W-05409
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the causes of Scotland’s reported housing crisis, and whether this is the result of any previous underinvestment in affordable and social homes or an increase in short-term letting.
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Question reference: S6W-05408
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether a reduction in the number of short-term lets and bed and breakfasts, as a result of its plans to further regulate these types of properties, would be a successful outcome.
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Question reference: S6W-05281
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP surgeries in each NHS board area provide dementia specialist nurse advice services to people with dementia and their families.
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Question reference: S6W-05290
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) individuals and (b) families are living in accommodation that is subject to an Unsuitable Accommodation Order, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-05273
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients who have been discharged from (a) accident and emergency departments and (b) hospitals were (i) of no fixed abode or (ii) designated as homeless, in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-05413
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings its ministers have had with bed and breakfast operators regarding plans to regulate their sector alongside short-term lets.
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Question reference: S6W-05401
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether there will be any penalties for local authorities that fail to enforce planned regulations on short-term lets, and, if so, what these penalties will be.
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Question reference: S6W-05402
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much the implementation of its proposed regulations for short-term lets is expected to cost local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-05412
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it did not remove bed and breakfasts from regulations for short-term lets when these were introduced.
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