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-31853
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 30 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government between what dates it plans to make flu vaccinations available to the public in 2020-21.
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Question reference: S5W-31839
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the need to ensure that families are able to visit loved ones who are recovering from treatment in hospital during the current pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-31837
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 23 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered including dementia on its list of shielding medical conditions, and to what extent it considers that people with dementia would benefit from support similar to that provided to those shielding at the height of the pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-31538
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the surgical capacity of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary has been each month since May 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-31537
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how may beds NHS Grampian has procured through its lease agreement with BMI Albyn Hospital.
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Question reference: S5T-02386
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent figures showing that Scotland’s daily COVID-19 cases are at a four-month high.
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Question reference: S5O-04560
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle littering in the Highlands and Islands.
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Question reference: S5O-04520
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking in response to the UHI publication, The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community.
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Question reference: S5W-31084
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 18 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government on what basis it determined that the number of people who can attend places of worship for communal services and prayer should be limited to 50.
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Question reference: S5T-02313
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that 37 hospital patients were transferred to care homes after testing positive for COVID-19.
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