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-22678
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy raised any concerns in relation to human rights during his visit to the United Arab Emirates in October 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-22030
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out a risk assessment of any investment from China in Scottish universities, to determine what the impact on (a) universities and (b) university cities would be in the event that any such investment stopped.
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Question reference: S6F-02537
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 November 2023
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.
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Question reference: S6W-22364
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 7 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the current regulation for enforcement of taxi bays.
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Question reference: S6W-22431
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support the work of Police Scotland in light of a reported decline in policing numbers.
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Question reference: S6W-21934
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many times Scottish Water has been fined by SEPA for sewage spills in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-21946
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what NHS Grampian's (a) (i) NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) formula target and (ii) actual funding allocation and (b) distance from NRAC parity has been in each year since 2016-17.
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Question reference: S6W-21943
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has met (a) the Marine Conservation Society, (b) Keep Britain Tidy, (c) Friends of the Earth and (d) Surfers Against Sewage in the last two years.
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Question reference: S6F-02458
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 October 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2023
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.
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Question reference: S6W-22083
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Scotland have undertaken any training necessary to be able to assess whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete is present in buildings.
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