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: S5O-01207
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it can offer to companies affected by the downturn in the North Sea oil and gas industry that are not based in the north east.
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Question reference: S5W-09972
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Royal Bank of Scotland regarding the impact of job losses recently announced by the company.
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Question reference: S5W-10623
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it gathers on the number of domestic cats in Scotland, and what impact reported increases in this number will have on (a) pet cats and (b) the long-term future of the Scottish wildcat.
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Question reference: S5W-10622
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report, Proposal for Additional Control Measures on Domestic Cat Ownership in Scotland as a Conservation Action to Protect the Scottish Wildcat, by Anna Meredith.
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Question reference: S5W-10594
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will next publish figures on delayed discharges for mental health patients.
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Question reference: S5W-10516
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding whether the Inquiries Act 2005 prohibits the UK Government from establishing a statutory inquiry without the permission of the Scottish Ministers.
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Question reference: S5W-10512
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances all of the documents in the court book of the Penrose Inquiry into contaminated blood will be made available to the UK inquiry.
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Question reference: S5W-10468
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason ISD Scotland only publishes data on people with eating disorders up until 2012.
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Question reference: S5W-10466
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been recorded as having an eating disorder in each year since 2011-12, broken down by (a) age and (b) gender, and how many consultations they have been given.
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Question reference: S5W-10464
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government. to help guarantee informed consent, what steps it takes to ensure that NHS boards provide sufficienct information to patients before procedures.