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-32983
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many live homelessness applications there were in each local authority area on Christmas Day in 2019, and how many (a) adults and (b) children these related to.
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Question reference: S5W-32513
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether golf clubs can suspend their licence to sell alcohol and continue to operate restaurant facilities under the most recent COVID-19 guidelines.
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Question reference: S5W-32970
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 9 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has given to care home providers regarding the provision of emergency NHS dental care to residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-32850
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the current visiting arrangements are for the mother and baby unit at (a) St John's Hospital, Livingston, and (b) Leverndale Hospital.
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Question reference: S5W-32471
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how the Parliament can amend the remit of the Ministerial Code referral of the First Minister to ascertain (a) whether she misled the Parliament over her meetings with Alex Salmond, (b) the timeline of her knowledge of complaints against him and (c) when she first knew that the complaints were subject to the Scottish Government’s complaints handling procedure.
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Question reference: S5W-32470
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the referral of the First Minister to the independent adviser of the Scottish Ministerial Code, James Hamilton, includes within its remit for him to ascertain whether she misled the Parliament at any point in respect of (a) her meetings regarding the Scottish Government investigation of Alex Salmond, (b) the timeline of her knowledge of complaints against him and (c) when she first knew that those complaints were subject to the Scottish Government’s complaints handling procedure.
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Question reference: S5W-32611
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether outdoor yoga classes are subject to the restrictions that limit how many people and from a specific number of households can meet outdoors
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Question reference: S5W-32478
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has that determined that contact sports such as football should not take place in a non-professional capacity under the current COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-32469
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discretion the independent adviser of the Scottish Ministerial Code, James Hamilton, has in his role to extend the remit of his investigation in the event that evidence comes to light of possible further breaches of the Code.
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Question reference: S5W-32472
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the independent adviser of the Scottish Ministerial Code, James Hamilton, in his role regarding the referral of the First Minister, is limited solely to the remit detailed in the answer to question S5W-31054 by John Swinney on 3 August 2020.
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