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-10837
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve road safety on the A7 in light of recent fatalities.
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Question reference: S5W-10337
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many acid attacks there have been in each of the last five years, and what action it is taking to reduce the number of and prevent such attacks.
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Question reference: S5W-10162
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 1 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when proposals for the south of Scotland enterprise agency will be presented to the Parliament.
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Question reference: S5W-10370
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what progress it is making in delivering digital connectivity in (a) the Scottish Borders and (b) other rural and remote areas, and whether it is on target to deliver 100% coverage by 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-09998
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 26 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the implementation of the recommendations of the report, Getting the Best From our Land: A Land Use Strategy for Scotland 2016-2021, and how this is impacting on the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency.
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Question reference: S5W-10000
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 19 July 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with the implementation of expanded early learning and childcare; how it is ensuring that childminders are included in this, and what guidance regarding the inclusion of childminders it has produced or plans.
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Question reference: S5W-08513
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 21 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) benefits and (b) other financial support it makes available to deaf people, including what financial help it provides towards the purchase of specialised mobile telephones and other devices.
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Question reference: S5O-00901
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact on the tourism industry will be of the rise in business rates.
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Question reference: S5W-08512
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what procedures are in place to ensure that schools provide a safe environment for their students and staff, free from all forms of discrimination.
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Question reference: S5W-08377
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 13 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action is it taking to encourage apprenticeships in the agricultural sector and what information it has regarding how many people (a) started and (b) completed an apprenticeship in each of the last five years.