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-22520
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when plans for the implementation of non-invasive prenatal testing will be published, and whether the plans will be open to public consultation.
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Question reference: S5W-22519
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many women have had fetal anomaly screening in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-22401
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will announce details of the Wave 4 capital spending for Edinburgh's schools.
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Question reference: S5W-22261
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that the roll out of 5G across Scotland will not result in the removal of healthy trees from the urban landscape.
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Question reference: S5O-03089
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 April 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle air pollution in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S5O-03009
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kezia Dugdale on 21 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how it plans to recruit more disabled people.
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Question reference: S5O-03064
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it took the decision to delay the roll-out of the second wave of social security benefits.
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Question reference: S5O-03035
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Transport Scotland requires disabled people to renew their National Entitlement Card every three years, including when their disability is permanent or progressive.
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Question reference: S5W-21760
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the process is and timescales are for signing off and rolling out the Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan across Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-21759
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it plans to make a decision on the Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan.
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