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-32067
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 8 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether personal stylists are classed as tradespeople and therefore exempt from the new COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-32008
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether people who tutor children in their homes will be able to continue to do so under the recently updated COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-31983
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that (a) trans men and (b) non-binary people with a cervix have equal access to cervical screening.
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Question reference: S5W-31967
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 5 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any additional (a) patient demands on perinatal mental health services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and (b) resources that may be required to meet any increased demand, and what additional support will be provided for the recruitment and retention of the (i) psychiatrists and (ii) other health professionals required for specialist perinatal mental health services.
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Question reference: S5W-31966
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 5 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) criteria and (b) evidence was used by the Perinatal Managed Clinical Network when forecasting the funding needs of NHS boards for perinatal mental health services, and how many NHS boards currently without specialist perinatal mental health services have (i) expressed an interest in and (ii) applied for funding from the Perinatal Managed Clinical Network to establish such services in their locality.
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Question reference: S5W-32010
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 5 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31553 by Christina McKelvie on 15 September 2020, and in light of the recent updated COVID-19 restrictions, whether the guidance regarding therapists and practitioners who run their businesses from home remains the same.
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Question reference: S5W-32039
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the application process for legal aid to avoid people having to incur legal costs when initially applying for it.
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Question reference: S5W-31869
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review support for all children with visual impairment from early years to school-leaving age.
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Question reference: S5W-31851
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether people who collect friends and family from the airport who are returning from a country not on the exemption list also need to self-isolate.
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Question reference: S5W-31098
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when adult respite residential services will be allowed to reopen.
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