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: S6W-07358
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on a plan B for achieving the equivalent abatement should Negative Emission Technologies fail to deliver, as recommended in the response to the Draft Updated Climate Change Plan by the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, published on 4 March 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-07348
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether boys born before 2007 can be vaccinated for HPV via NHS services in order to protect against the spread of HPV and, if not, whether it has any plans to expand the availability of HPV vaccination for boys.
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Question reference: S6T-00628
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it will undertake to resolve waiting time delays in A&E following recent reported estimates from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine that the delays have contributed to 240 avoidable deaths this year.
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Question reference: S6W-07329
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether any Hikvision cameras have been installed in any Scottish Government building since the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report Never Again: The UK's Responsibility to Act on Atrocities in Xinjiang and Beyond was published in July 2021, which recommended that equipment manufactured by Hikvision should not be permitted to operate within the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-07331
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether any Hikvision cameras are currently installed in or around any Scottish Government building.
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Question reference: S6W-07337
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS board areas have a Huntington’s disease specialist service providing home visits, where the practitioner providing the support works exclusively with Huntington’s disease cases.
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Question reference: S6W-07335
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to motion S6M-00923, which was supported by 99 MSPs from all parties, what steps it is taking in response to the motion’s call to expand specialist Huntington’s disease services in line with rising cases.
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Question reference: S6W-07334
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS board areas have a Huntington’s Disease Clinical Lead, and, in each of these cases, regarding Huntington’s Disease Management clinics, how (a) long each lasts and (b) regularly they take place.
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Question reference: S6W-07336
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many people and (b) what proportion of the population (i) have received a (A) positive (1) predictive and (2) diagnostic and (B) negative (1) predictive and (2) diagnostic test for Huntington’s disease, and (ii) are at risk of inheriting Huntington’s disease but have not been tested, broken down by NHS board area.
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Question reference: S6O-00937
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what plans it has to tackle homelessness.
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