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-07156
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the administrative forms that nurses have to fill out.
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Question reference: S5W-07161
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in delivering a treatment pathway for people with hepatitis C.
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Question reference: S5O-00736
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that schools have adequate numbers of support staff.
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Question reference: S5W-06952
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been involving cases of people shining (a) laser pens and (b) other laser devices at transport operators in each year since 1999, broken down by transport type.
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Question reference: S5W-06880
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Edinburgh's Inverleith Medical Practice will close this summer; what discussions it has had with NHS Lothian regarding this, and how it will support NHS Lothian to ensure that alternative GP services are provided for people registered with the practice.
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Question reference: S5W-06783
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many multiple burials have taken place in Scotland in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-06764
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to (a) reduce the number of young people who commit housebreaking and (b) ensure that youths who commit housebreaking are appropriately sentenced.
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Question reference: S5W-06785
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many health checks have been carried out in each year since 1999, also broken down by how many 40-year-olds were given a check.
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Question reference: S5W-06763
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that sentencing for housebreaking is (a) appropriate and (b) acts as a deterrent.
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Question reference: S5W-06699
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing fixed recoverable costs in lower-value clinical negligence claims and whether it plans to launch a consultation on this.
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