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-01532
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a land reform Bill and, if so, when.
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Question reference: S5W-01258
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been removed from the Scottish Tobacco Retailers Register due to offences under the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2010 in each year, broken down by category of offence.
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Question reference: S5W-01337
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has that reducing the number of NHS boards would improve the service to patients.
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Question reference: S5W-01343
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what planning (a) has been conducted and (b) is anticipated for the possibility that there will be a reduction in the number of NHS boards.
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Question reference: S5W-01339
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to comments on page 2 of the 2016 SNP manifesto, what barriers to planning local services effectively are presented by the existing boundaries between health and integration bodies.
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Question reference: S5W-01342
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) compulsory and (b) voluntary redundancies it has calculated could result from reducing the number of NHS boards.
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Question reference: S5W-01341
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of (a) how much money would be saved and (b) what reduction in staff would result from reducing the number of NHS boards.
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Question reference: S5W-01336
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to reduce the number of (a) territorial and (b) special NHS boards and, if so, (i) by how many and (ii) how.
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Question reference: S5W-01340
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will (a) start and (b) conclude its review of the number, structure and regulation of NHS boards; what this involves; who will be consulted, and on what date it will announce the outcome.
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Question reference: S5W-01338
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments on page 2 of the 2016 SNP manifesto, what NHS board services and functions it has identified as being (a) unnecessary backroom duplication and (b) structural impediments to better care; for what reason, and how it plans to address these.
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