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-35273
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on spouses who are returning from travelling overseas to work being exempted from managed quarantine in hotels.
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Question reference: S5W-35276
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 3 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce "lifetime" services for (a) survivors of childhood sexual abuse and (b) people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), similar to those developed in England.
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Question reference: S5W-35275
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 3 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether lateral flow testing kits will be made available to playgroup staff in time for the return of full education in early learning settings.
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Question reference: S5W-34074
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what provisions it is making to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to people in priority groups who are housebound.
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Question reference: S5W-34077
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how private health and care providers who are qualified to administer injections but are currently on furlough can take part in the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Question reference: S5W-35288
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, for how long it plans to extend the non-domestic rate reduction and eviction ban on commercial tenants, which has been introduced in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-34560
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether student doctors and nurses required to undertake placements on the frontline will be prioritised in the first wave of the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Question reference: S5W-35123
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its advice is to couples planning weddings in August 2021, in light of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-35179
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-34775 by Jeane Freeman on 11 February 2021, what the timeframe is for the publication of the (a) audit of shared optometry clinics and (b) qualitative evaluation.
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Question reference: S5W-35397
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a means for recently retired teachers to help support home learning or catch-up learning on a voluntary basis for pupils prevented from attending school due to COVID-19.