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
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Question reference: S5W-32986
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest time it has taken for an ambulance call out to arrive at an incident in each month since January 2020, broken down by Scottish Ambulance Service Regional Operational Division, also broken down by what proportion of the calls each month this represented.
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Question reference: S5W-34023
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26441 by Michael Matheson on 3 December 2019, when it expects to make a formal announcement on the continuation of the Air Discount Scheme post-December 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-33797
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S5W-31753 and S5W-32327 by Fergus Ewing on 16 September and 30 October 2020 respectively, whether it will provide an update on its work towards the publication of the final report of the Farming and Food Production Future Policy Group since the last group meeting in October 2020; in light of Ministers having a draft report in September 2020, for what reason it has not yet been published, and whether the report, which was due to be published in August 2020, will be published by the end of 2020.
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Question reference: S5T-02591
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Auditor General's report stating that policing in Scotland is not financially sustainable.
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Question reference: S5W-33439
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to questions S5W-30433 and S5W-30434 by Michael Matheson on 27 July 2020, whether its policy on the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport has been the subject of a specific review, and, if so, whether it will provide the information requested regarding when this (a) began and (b) concluded.
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Question reference: S5W-33431
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30438 by Michael Matheson on 27 July 2020, on what dates ministers have met Heathrow Airport since 21 June 2018, which cabinet secretary is currently attending the meetings at six-monthly intervals, and whether it will place copies of the minutes of these meetings and correspondence since 21 June 2018 in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
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Question reference: S5W-33379
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how the COVID-19 testing process for students will be run.
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Question reference: S5W-33407
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects LumiraDx Platform instruments that can carry out 12-minute tests for COVID-19 to be made available for island NHS boards.
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Question reference: S5W-33491
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what clinical evidence it has received regarding the degree of protection provided by COVID-19 antibodies and, in light of this, whether it plans to roll out a national antibody testing programme ahead of a vaccination programme.
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Question reference: S5W-33165
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the maximum current threshold value of polymerase chain reaction tests for COVID-19 undergo a viral culture performance for diagnosis of viral infections.
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