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-19480
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) community mental health nurses, (b) mental health nurses, (c) consultant psychiatrists, (d) psychologists NHS Borders has employed in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-19476
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the maintenance budget for the (a) A1, (b) A68 and (c) A7 for 2018 has been in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5F-02737
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2018
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to ensure that there is mental health support for college and university students.
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Question reference: S5O-02489
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce levels of social isolation among older people.
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Question reference: S5W-18868
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Health Technology Committee last discussed the Freestyle Libre glucose monitoring system.
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Question reference: S5W-18479
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 20 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of research by the James Hutton Institute, which suggests that they are at risk of losing more than 25% of their population by 2046, what action it is taking to reduce population decline in rural areas.
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Question reference: S5O-02395
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the UK Government to discuss UK bills that contain proposals that impact on Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-18546
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many recorded fish deaths due to sea lice there have been in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-18551
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates has been lost from the economy as a result of sea lice infestation.
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Question reference: S5W-18549
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of salmon is rejected due to exceeding the lice infestation threshold.
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