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: S6W-22595
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill, what work has been undertaken to provide for exemption schemes for people visiting family members in prison.
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Question reference: S6W-22596
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill, what work has been undertaken to provide for exemption schemes for people providing personal care for a family member.
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Question reference: S6W-22597
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill, what work has been undertaken to provide for exemption schemes for artists and technicians working at festivals.
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Question reference: S6W-22409
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of people in energy arrears who are undergoing high energy use intensity NHS treatment at home.
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Question reference: S6W-22410
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Kidney Care UK publication, Home Dialysis Energy Reimbursement in Scotland, whether it will undertake an assessment of the equity of patient access to home dialysis reimbursement schemes for chronic kidney disease across NHS boards.
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Question reference: S6W-22413
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to guarantee that the energy costs of NHS treatments provided within the home, such as home dialysis, do not fall to patients.
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Question reference: S6F-02510
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2023
To ask the First Minister what support the Scottish Government is offering to NHS Lothian to contact the parents and guardians of the over 23,000 children who reportedly may have received substandard testing to identify deafness, including support to identify any other young children who have not received the required standard of auditory brainstem response testing.
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Question reference: S6W-22090
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has provided for town centre regeneration in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-22411
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the feasibility of introducing a special tariff for high energy use intensity for patients, such as those on dialysis, who receive treatment in their home.
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Question reference: S6W-22095
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many councillors have been reported for a breach of the Code of Conduct for Councillors in each local authority in each year since 1999.