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: S5O-04523
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the required social distancing measures in schools.
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Question reference: S5W-30982
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 18 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it undertook before launching the advocacy service for disabled people accessing social security.
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Question reference: S5O-04475
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its creation of a nitrogen balance sheet.
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Question reference: S5W-30184
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether resomation (water cremation) can be an environmentally-sustainable end-of-life option, and what analysis it has made of the scientific research carried out by Middlesex University, which informed the decision by Yorkshire Water to approve the practice.
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Question reference: S5W-30183
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Scottish Water does not allow resomation (water cremation).
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Question reference: S5W-30200
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 7 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to use its powers under the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 to permit the use of additional environmentally-sustainable end-of-life options.
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Question reference: S5W-30248
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 6 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the employment rate for disabled people has been in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-29647
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has issued regarding the racing of pigeons during the COVID-19 outbreak, and whether it has granted the Royal Pigeon Racing Association approval to resume racing.
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Question reference: S5W-29594
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 17 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason professional sports’ coaches who offer services that allow physical distancing to be maintained, including for equestrian activities, are restricted to coaching only one household per day under the measures to ease the COVID-19 lockdown and, in the light of the potential financial impact of this guidance on the coaches, what plans it has to review its position on this.
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Question reference: S5O-04415
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support vulnerable veterans during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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