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-29393
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on bed and breakfast businesses.
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Question reference: S5W-29388
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure tourism and hospitality businesses that have not been eligible for the Tourism Hardship Fund and the Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund grant can receive funding to assist them through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-29387
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to implement recommendations from the various meetings of the Scottish Tourism Emergency Response Group.
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Question reference: S5W-29394
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is on offer to help bed and breakfasts tackle the impact on them of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-29087
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in its next review of lockdown restrictions, it will consider allowing for angling that is local to home and socially distanced.
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Question reference: S5W-29218
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available during the COVID-19 pandemic to sports clubs that are liable to pay rent for sports facilities from local authorities.
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Question reference: S5W-29217
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what grant support it provides to businesses that are experiencing financial difficulty during the COVID-19 pandemic, but which do not possess a rateable value.
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Question reference: S5W-29219
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support has been allocated to local authorities to support local sports clubs and community groups that are facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5O-04399
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to roll out superfast broadband, and how this has been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28454
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has had with the relevant representatives of care homes and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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