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-13017
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 12 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, prior to announcing its decision to revise the licensing of misoprostol to allow it to be taken outside of a hospital or clinic, and in the absence of medical staff, for the purpose of carrying out an abortion, what assessment it made of the (a) scope for the drug not to be taken at home, including the safety aspects of this, and (b) action it can to ensure that it is taken at home only.
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Question reference: S5W-13020
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 12 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it began consulting stakeholders regarding its decision to revise the licensing of misoprostol to allow it to be taken outside of a hospital or clinic, and in the absence of medical staff, for the purpose of carrying out an abortion; for what reason it did not carry out a public consultation on the decision, and what action it has taken to take account of public opinion on the matter.
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Question reference: S5W-13015
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 12 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted a pilot exercise to establish the safety of allowing misoprostol to be taken outside of a hospital or clinic, and in the absence of medical staff, for the purpose of carrying out an abortion and, if so, whether it will publish the results, and what other action it has taken to determine the safety of the practice.
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Question reference: S5O-01588
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government's decision to do so, whether it will bring forward the linking of non-domestic rates poundage to CPI from 2020 to April 2018.
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Question reference: S5O-01406
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on equality and human rights for older people.
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Question reference: S5W-11898
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 31 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken in response to the findings of the its reports, Evidence Assessment of the Impacts of the Criminalisation of the Purchase of Sex: A Review and Exploring available knowledge and evidence on prostitution in Scotland via practitioner-based interviews, and what plans it has to announce updated proposals for addressing prostitution.
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Question reference: S5W-11744
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Lothian receives less funding than it should expect under the NRAC allocation formula and, if so, for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-10960
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10389 by Kevin Stewart on 9 August 2017, what action it is taking to tackle anti-Catholic prejudice specifically.
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Question reference: S5W-11105
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many press releases it has issued since 1 June 2016 on the nine protected characteristics outlined in the Equality Act 2010, broken down by characteristic.
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Question reference: S5O-01288
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review its guidance on mobile phone use in primary schools.