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-15044
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06730 by Mairi Gougeon on 8 March 2022, how many new local chill and processing units have been established through the £80,000 Covid Recovery Opportunities Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-15045
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in delivering the recommendations set out in Beyond the Glen: a strategy for the Scottish Venison Sector to 2030.
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Question reference: S6W-15042
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to ensure that the game and venison sector is competitive.
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Question reference: S6O-01930
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the possible extension of the Borders Railway through Hawick to Carlisle.
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Question reference: S6W-14543
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it issues to its executive agencies regarding the criteria for risk assessments conducted which may allow transgender individuals to access single sex spaces.
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Question reference: S6W-14337
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on pilot schemes to fast-track applications for blue badges for disabled parking for people with motor neurone disease.
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Question reference: S6W-14178
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the findings of the Agriculture Bill consultation, Delivering our Vision for Scottish Agriculture, which closed on 21 November 2022.
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Question reference: S6O-01855
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle bullying in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-13915
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll-out of the new Core Operating Solutions developed for Police Scotland and any difficulties it has encountered in the implementation.
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Question reference: S6W-13022
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.