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-05303
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 21 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the merits of extending registered medical practitioners to include psychologists.
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Question reference: S5W-05471
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 21 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what mental health support is available to people with diabetes.
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Question reference: S5W-05235
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that there are no education opportunities in Scotland to become a practitioner in applied behavioural analysis to assist children who have been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder.
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Question reference: S5O-00499
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to provide access to fibre broadband in areas where there is an insufficiency of hardware to meet demand.
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Question reference: S5W-05046
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04549 by Aileen Campbell on 22 November 2016, what analysis it has carried out to determine the reason for the fall in the number of hepatitis C diagnoses in 2015; what estimate it has made of the current number of undiagnosed cases, and what steps it is taking to ensure that each NHS board has the capacity to exceed its treatment target for the condition.
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Question reference: S5W-05305
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how long it takes for third-party approval for a Section 47 certificate of incapacity under Part 5 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.
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Question reference: S5W-05233
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that some local authorities refuse to fund applied behavioural analysis to assist children who have been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder, including through self-directed support.
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Question reference: S5W-05232
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of applied behavioural analysis to assist children who have been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder.
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Question reference: S5W-05304
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the timetable is for consultation on adults with incapacity legislation, and whether extending registered medical practitioners to include psychologists will be part of the consultation.
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Question reference: S5W-05236
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 12 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason applied behavioural analysis (ABA) to assist children who have been diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder is not recognised by (a) the NHS in Scotland and (b) local authorities and, in light of reports that ABA is being used by the NHS in other parts of the UK and internationally, whether it will ask for this to be reconsidered.