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-20451
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to regulate or control the sale and use of electric scooters.
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Question reference: S6W-20367
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are working on a response from the Lord Advocate regarding the reported review on the legal feasibility of safe drug consumption rooms.
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Question reference: S6W-20365
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the budget has been for NHS estate maintenance in each of the last three years, and what plans it has to increase this funding.
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Question reference: S6W-20366
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is in place for the (a) management and (b) removal of any asbestos across the NHS estate in 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-20364
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place for the removal of any asbestos, where it is damaged or in a poor condition, across the NHS estate, and what the timeframe is for this work.
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Question reference: S6W-20410
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to ensure robust primary care data collection and publishing.
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Question reference: S6W-20590
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason NHS Education for Scotland has reportedly been asked to support practitioners to complete annual health checks; whether it will provide the best practice information and guidelines for practitioners, including on the specific health needs of people with Down’s syndrome, and whether there will be consideration of distinct health checks, such as separate documentation, for people with Down’s syndrome or learning disabilities in order to further ensure consistency and efficacy.
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Question reference: S6W-20368
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 21 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to receive a response from the Lord Advocate regarding the reported review on the legal feasibility of safe drug consumption rooms, and whether it will propose the scheduling of time for a ministerial statement to update the Parliament on the progress being made, and, if so, when it will propose this for.
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Question reference: S6W-20202
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it has taken as a result of the reported post-neonatal mortality rate breaching its upper warning threshold in April 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-20282
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of paragraph 2.11.9 of the Building standards technical handbook 2022: domestic, which was published on 1 June 2022, what its position is on whether the guidance offered on its website regarding the requirements for fire alarms, stating that households can use "either sealed battery alarms or mains-wired alarms", is accurate.