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: S6W-26490
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25624 by Angela Constance on 18 March 2024, whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government regarding a possible UK-wide Bill, and when it expects to bring forward any Scottish legislation if such an approach is required.
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Question reference: S6W-26674
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many cancer nurses have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 2011-12.
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Question reference: S6W-26461
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many 3G rubber pitches there are in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6F-03043
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2024
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.
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Question reference: S6W-26729
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 April 2024
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Question reference: S6W-26730
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its reported decision to suspend the GP Premises Sustainability Fund, how many applications for such loans to GPs have been processed since the scheme was introduced in 2018, and how many applications remain outstanding.
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Question reference: S6W-26209
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many cancer nurses have been employed in each year since 2011-12, broken down by NHS board area.
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Question reference: S6O-03296
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land since it launched on 1 April 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-26210
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 8 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on cancer research in each year since 2011-12 in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms, broken down by spending through (i) NHS Research Scotland and (ii) other routes.
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