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
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Question reference: S5W-20281
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response to the report, Kilbrandon Again, which has recommended that the age of criminal responsibility should be raised to 16.
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Question reference: S5W-20282
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it was made aware of consultation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding whether to raise the internationally-advised minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 from February 2019; whether this was before it published the draft Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill, and what its response is to the consultation.
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Question reference: S5W-20393
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 13 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the reported shortage of lawyers accepting legal aid.
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Question reference: S5W-20394
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 13 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government plans it has to assess the availability of lawyers that accept legal aid.
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Question reference: S5W-20201
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 11 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) referrals and rejections are monitored by ethnic group and if (a) so, whether it will provide a breakdown of these for each of the last five years and (b) not, what its position is on whether such data should be collected.
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Question reference: S5O-02695
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UN regarding proposals to raise the internationally-advised minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14.
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Question reference: S5W-20153
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to expand teacher training capacity following the reported over-subscription for STEM teacher training places in higher education institutions.
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Question reference: S5W-20003
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information regarding (a) incontinence and (b) pelvic floor exercises is included in Personal Health and Social Education (PHSE) lessons for secondary school pupils.
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Question reference: S5W-20006
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many working days have been lost because of incontinence in each of the last five years, and what the economic cost has been.
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Question reference: S5W-20168
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many live homeless applications there were in each local authority area on Christmas Day in each of the last three years, and how many (a) adults and (b) children these related to.
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