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-04984
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time is for orthopaedic (a) outpatient appointments, (b) inpatient/day-case appointments and (c) treatment in (i) NHS Highland and (ii) Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-04985
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have currently been referred for orthopaedic treatment in (a) NHS Highland and (b) Scotland but have not yet been given a treatment date.
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Question reference: S6W-04991
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on Pal vs The United Kingdom [2021] ECHR 990 has any implications for the application of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, and, if it considers there are implications, what they are.
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Question reference: S6W-04983
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what resources it estimates are required to ensure that patients referred for orthopaedic treatment will start treatment within 18-week referral-to-treatment target.
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Question reference: S6W-04819
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many new masts have been installed as part of the Scottish 4G Infill Programme in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray.
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Question reference: S6W-04821
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many communities are currently without 4G services in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray.
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Question reference: S6W-04820
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many further masts it plans to install as part of the Scottish 4G Infill Programme in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray.
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Question reference: S6W-04825
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has paid for its (a) active and (b) inactive website domain names in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-04824
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many website domain names that it owns and pays for are currently (a) active and (b) inactive.
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Question reference: S6W-04816
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has spent on promoting its Organ Donation Scotland campaign since the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 received Royal Assent, broken down by (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) radio, (d) billboard/bus stop and (e) online advertising.