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-03472
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to extend the application deadline for the Pig Producers Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-03498
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Ofgem's price cap increase, and the £500 million fund announced by the UK Government to support vulnerable households, whether it will provide a similar household support fund in order to alleviate fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S6O-00300
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people across the Scottish Borders receive their COVID-19 booster vaccinations.
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Question reference: S6F-00377
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2021
To ask the First Minister, in light of COP26, what action the Scottish Government is taking to showcase the role that Scottish agriculture can play in reducing carbon emissions.
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Question reference: S6W-03564
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will revise the guidance on face coverings in places of worship.
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Question reference: S6W-03470
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 21 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much money it has been allocated by the UK Government in relation to Brexit, also broken down by how much of this it has now spent.
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Question reference: S6W-03421
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03183 by Mairi Gougeon on 28 September 2021, whether it will publish a timetable covering the current parliamentary session for the reform of crofting law.
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Question reference: S6W-02915
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to ensure that people's COVID-19 vaccination records are accurate and display the appropriate information.
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Question reference: S6W-02914
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) deer and (b) pregnant hinds have been shot on Forestry and Land Scotland land in each of the last five years, also broken down by how many were shot (i) at night and (ii) outside of the closed season.
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Question reference: S6W-03181
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is offering to the pork processing industry.
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