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-30875
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 11 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has given to banks regarding safe opening as part of the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-30812
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 11 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to allow personal trainers to begin teaching classes of up to 30 people from different households on an (a) outdoor and (b) indoor basis, as is currently the case in England.
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Question reference: S5W-30895
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that best practice guidance will be adhered to when joint replacement surgery resumes following the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown, and how people with arthritis will be involved in informing and shaping any proposed changes to trauma and orthopaedic waiting times performance standards.
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Question reference: S5W-30706
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 11 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the particular challenges that children and young people with additional support needs face during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may require a multi-agency response, what plans it has to support the development of a digital platform that would allow secure case discussions and information exchange between NHS and local authority children's services.
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Question reference: S5W-30831
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 10 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government on what date marriages will resume in places of worship and civil settings as part of the easing of lockdown restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-30832
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 7 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to launch the "Doctor's Health Service" that it announced at the end of 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-30687
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to allow (a) baby massage and (b) baby yoga classes to resume as part of the relaxation of lockdown restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-30688
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to open public swimming pools as part of the relaxation of lockdown restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-30661
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when ice rinks will be permitted to open as part of the relaxation of lockdown restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-30844
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when companies and third sector organisations that supply assistive technology equipment will be able to access care homes.
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