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-04561
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in meeting its climate change targets and, to help achieve this, what support it has made available to reduce emissions on farms and crofts.
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Question reference: S5O-04531
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 August 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will fully implement the recommendations of the Cumberlege review regarding children damaged by sodium valproate and, if so, what the timescale will be.
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Question reference: S5O-04498
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government whether the justice secretary has received a response from the UK Government to his calls for an urgent four nation ministerial meeting on fisheries and maritime security.
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Question reference: S5O-04472
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to tackle climate change.
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Question reference: S5W-30455
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2020
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will further support performing arts venues in Scotland that have been seriously affected by COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-28611
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether an asymptomatic care worker who has not been tested can make an accurate assessment that they are not carrying COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5O-04450
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations in South Scotland have received support from the Third Sector Resilience Fund.
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Question reference: S5O-04418
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to evidence submitted to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee stating that over 320 financial services firms have taken steps to relocate to Europe before the end of the Brexit transition period.
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Question reference: S5W-28618
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether a vulnerable cared-for person, or their guardian if they do not have capacity, has a right to demand that the person caring for them wears a protective mask in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28616
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many vulnerable people received personal care from a worker not wearing a protective mask before the four nations personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance in response to the COVID-19 outbreak was updated on 2 April 2020 to allow individual self-assessment of risk.