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-18516
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2018
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that many households were without water over the summer as they were dependant on private supplies, what action it is taking to improve the water infrastructure in rural areas.
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Question reference: S5W-18357
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on removing the ban on the sale of raw milk.
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Question reference: S5W-17790
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2018
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17390 by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 July 2018, how it defines the term "near zero" for its application of carbon emissions from buildings as set out in the Energy Efficient Scotland: Route Map, and what measurements are used to define "near zero".
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Question reference: S5W-18323
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is smoking in bothies, and whether it will consider amending the Prohibition of Smoking in Certain Premises (Scotland) Regulations 2006 to include these in the list of no-smoking premises.
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Question reference: S5W-17894
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17582 by Jeane Freeman on 23 July 2018, in light of protective clothing not being available on prescription for people with the rare skin disorder Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), whether it will answer the question that was asked and set out the process to request clothing, such as Protex Elle UV protective gloves, approved by the specialist XP clinical team at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, to be made available on prescription for patients with this condition and other extreme UV conditions/diseases.
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Question reference: S5W-18038
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on providing additional funding for addiction services in the NHS Grampian area.
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Question reference: S5W-18052
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction rates are in each NHS board area, and what action is being taken by each board to reduce these.
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Question reference: S5W-18051
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support is offered to drug partnerships in the NHS Grampian area to improve addiction treatment and aftercare.
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Question reference: S5W-18107
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2018
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to increase funding in rural areas for multi-weather pitches.
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Question reference: S5W-17807
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 22 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the suggestion in the Microsegmentation Project, which it funded through Scottish Autism, what its position is on the microsegmentation of the autism spectrum, and what the recognised qualifications are for each microsegment.
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