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-22770
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 30 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the Speed Awareness Course working group will report on its findings regarding the infrastructure and guidance required for the introduction of courses, including the identification of potential course providers.
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Question reference: S5W-22376
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 24 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what legislation protects archaeological sites, and whether it plans in the near future to introduce greater protections for archaeological sites from development.
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Question reference: S5W-22377
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to protect archaeological sites.
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Question reference: S5W-22598
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the Air Departure Tax.
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Question reference: S5W-22599
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains its plan to deliver a 50% reduction in the Air Departure Tax and, if so, by what date.
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Question reference: S5W-22371
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect archaeological sites.
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Question reference: S5W-22596
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reform the Air Departure Tax.
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Question reference: S5W-22597
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made regarding the Highlands and Islands exemption to the Air Departure Tax.
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Question reference: S5W-22260
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 29 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the speech by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs at the Scottish Tourism Alliance Conference on 14 March 2019, when in 2019 it plans to introduce its consultation on a locally-determined tourist tax.
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Question reference: S5W-22155
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to further education institutions for specialised courses that support disabled students into employment in each year since 2007.