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-33843
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether its current epidemiological models attempt to capture numerically the impact of lockdown restrictions on increased mortality in the (a) short and (b) long term in order to draw comparisons with the number of lives that are considered to have been saved by the restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-34051
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 22 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many contractors are used by Warmworks; what the cost is of each contract for services, and in which country each contractor is registered.
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Question reference: S5W-34050
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 22 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes have been assisted by Warmworks to date, broken down by the regions these homes were in.
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Question reference: S5W-34049
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 22 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the total client contribution requested by Warmworks has been since the start of the scheme until 31 March 2020, and how these contributions are treated for accounting purposes.
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Question reference: S5W-34124
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 22 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available for the space sector, and what plans it has for future support for Scottish space programmes.
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Question reference: S5W-33585
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce measures to exclude false positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 tests of hospital patients through the use of confirmatory testing with lateral flow kits.
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Question reference: S5W-33879
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 18 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to amend the (a) Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921 and/or (b) common law to broaden the circumstances whereby an executor or trustee can be removed.
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Question reference: S5W-33880
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 18 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will bring forward additional succession law reforms following the Succession (Scotland) Act 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-33881
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 18 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the ability of legislation and common law to allow executors to be removed where they are not carrying out the responsibilities and duties of that role.
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Question reference: S5W-33883
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 18 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the cost of applying to the Court of Session is prohibitive for most families dealing with executors considered problematic.
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