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-34643
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 28 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether supermarkets will be required to ensure that shopping orders for home delivery are placed in carrier bags so that those delivering the order are not required to enter the property, as a means to reduce any risk of COVID-19 infection.
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Question reference: S5W-34724
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 28 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-34595 by Jamie Hepburn on 21 January 2021, whether the guidance for car dealerships applies to companies that buy cars from motorists and resell them.
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Question reference: S5W-34593
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide funding to meet the childcare costs of keyworkers who have to pay for additional childcare due to family carers having to shield.
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Question reference: S5W-34679
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it is offering to families that have had to return to shielding from COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-34686
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what exemptions on quarantine on compassionate grounds there are for inbound international travellers visiting close relatives who are receiving end-of-life care.
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Question reference: S5W-33979
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the £500 "thank you" bonus for NHS and social care staff will be paid to all staff working for private and third sector care providers, including case managers, finance administration, fundraising managers and volunteer co-ordinators.
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Question reference: S5W-33978
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether people working in the adult day care sector will receive the £500 "thank you" bonus for NHS and social care staff.
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Question reference: S5W-33697
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether people who have worked in the social work sector over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic but who have since left that sector will be eligible for the £500 one-off "thank you" bonus.
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Question reference: S5W-34388
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the planned roll-out of electric vehicle charging points in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S5W-34521
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with the rapid scoping exercise to develop an ePrescribing system across primary care.
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