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-29387
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to implement recommendations from the various meetings of the Scottish Tourism Emergency Response Group.
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Question reference: S5W-29390
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out research with the tourism industry on how best to implement a phased approach to reopening businesses in line with seasonality.
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Question reference: S5W-29391
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take on additional support for tourism businesses following meetings of the Scottish Tourism Emergency Response Group.
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Question reference: S5W-29394
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is on offer to help bed and breakfasts tackle the impact on them of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-29087
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 5 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in its next review of lockdown restrictions, it will consider allowing for angling that is local to home and socially distanced.
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Question reference: S5W-29218
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available during the COVID-19 pandemic to sports clubs that are liable to pay rent for sports facilities from local authorities.
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Question reference: S5W-29217
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what grant support it provides to businesses that are experiencing financial difficulty during the COVID-19 pandemic, but which do not possess a rateable value.
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Question reference: S5W-29219
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support has been allocated to local authorities to support local sports clubs and community groups that are facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5O-04399
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to roll out superfast broadband, and how this has been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-29396
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what modelling it has carried out on the economic impact of easing lockdown in line with the phased approach that it set out in its document, Scotland's route map through and out of the crisis.