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-20865
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that recent film studio applications are located in close proximity to each other in the central belt.
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Question reference: S5W-20847
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Expert Advisory Panel on the Collaborative Economy last met, and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-19936
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time has been for a specialist neurology appointment in each NHS health board in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5T-01412
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that rail transport performs well during the festive period.
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Question reference: S5W-20186
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) purpose and (b) remit is of its Short Term Lets Delivery Group; which groups are represented on it; on what dates it has met; what future meetings are planned; which stakeholders it has engaged with, and by what date it will present its findings.
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Question reference: S5O-02661
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Borders.
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Question reference: S5W-19479
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to control the spread of larch disease in the Scottish Borders.
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Question reference: S5W-19896
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all incidents of acid attacks are properly recorded and monitored.
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Question reference: S5W-19905
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it provides to support the expansion of the network of public access defibrillators.
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Question reference: S5W-19903
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to create a single, comprehensive and publicly available register of the locations of all public access defibrillators.