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-28800
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the business case for the Air Traffic Management Strategy will be reappraised in light of the current and anticipated future impact on air travel of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28799
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether all major costs for the Air Traffic Management Strategy will be deferred until after an island impact assessment is completed.
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Question reference: S5W-28699
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the construction of the new women's prison estate will be considered essential to allow it to proceed under the current restrictions, and whether any delays to its completion are expected as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28259
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide regular updates on the prevalence of COVID-19 within the prison estate, and, if so, how often.
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Question reference: S5W-28261
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has put in place to manage the shielding of people within the prison estate who it has advised should be during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28262
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide regular updates during the COVID-19 outbreak on staff absences within (a) Police Scotland, (b) the Scottish Prison Service and (c) the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
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Question reference: S5W-28260
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners are in the category of people who, in line with its advice, should be protected through shielding during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-27890
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that a prisoner who was reportedly denied medication while in HMP Grampian is in line with the guidelines set out in the 2011 Memorandum of Understanding between the Scottish Prison Service and the NHS, and, if not, what its position is on the need for an updated and reinforcement of the practices in that document.
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Question reference: S5W-27888
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is confident that continuity of care is provided in all Scottish Prison Service establishments.
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Question reference: S5W-27889
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that a prisoner was denied medication while in HMP Grampian.
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