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: S6W-01445
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 19 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what reassurances it can give that iconic species, particularly the red squirrel, will not have any level of reduced protection as a result of the 7th Quinquennial Review (QQR) of Schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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Question reference: S6W-01126
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what advice is being given to under-18s who are starting college or university and have not received a COVID-19 vaccination.
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Question reference: S6W-01127
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00139 by Humza Yousaf on 1 June 2021, whether it will provide an update on what plans are in place to ensure that all students aged 18 and over have been offered the COVID-19 vaccination prior to starting college or university.
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Question reference: S6W-01921
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when British nationals who live abroad, and who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 outside of the UK, will be able to travel to Scotland without being required to quarantine.
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Question reference: S6W-01512
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish National Party manifesto commitment, whether it will provide additional funding to NHS Grampian to help to re-open Insch War Memorial Hospital, and, if so, by what date the additional funding will be made available.
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Question reference: S6W-01347
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether breast screening for women over 70 has been suspended, and, if so, (a) what the reasons are for its position on this matter and (b) when it plans to allow appointments to resume.
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Question reference: S6W-01147
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to provide COVID-19 antibody and vaccine immunity tests through NHS Scotland for people with low immunity and health conditions who have received both vaccinations but are at risk of not developing antibodies.
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Question reference: S6W-01113
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 28 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00148 by Clare Haughey on 8 June 2021, what action it is taking to disseminate the information, and who is responsible for this in (a) Scotland and (b) the northeast of Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-01496
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00743 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 June 2021, what its response is to the campaign, Everyone's Invited, which encourages survivors to share their stories anonymously online, naming 120 schools in Scotland in connection with allegations of sexual assault and harassment.
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Question reference: S6W-01189
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support and advice it can provide in arranging COVID-19 vaccine appointments for vulnerable adults, including whether there are concerns that there has been an absence of an adequate response from NHS boards or GP surgeries.
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