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-33064
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it has used to decide on the "hashtag" messages used for public health campaigns.
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Question reference: S5W-32745
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 18 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding NHS managers being allowed to overrule clinicians regarding patients' treatment renewal, in light of reports that some chronic pain patients have been told that they will have to wait twice as long for treatment that that recommended by their clinicians.
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Question reference: S5W-33070
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 17 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions ministers have had regarding head (a) trauma and (b) injuries in sport.
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Question reference: S5W-33069
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the delivery of a new-build Liberton High School.
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Question reference: S5W-32475
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons collecting secondary breast cancer data will reportedly not be prioritised as part of the cancer recovery plan or its cancer strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-33063
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to the independent cinema sector.
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Question reference: S5W-32646
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board spent on mental health in each year from 2016-17 to 2019-20, also given as a percentage of (a) the NHS board's and (b) Scotland's health and social care budget.
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Question reference: S5W-33066
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to Edinburgh’s festivals to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-33071
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 12 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government which flooding defence schemes/projects (a) have and (b) have not been awarded funding in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5O-04754
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to undertake a feasibility study into reopening passenger services on Edinburgh's South Suburban rail line.
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