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-34167
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the reporting and recording of assaults on doctors across all NHS boards.
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Question reference: S6W-34165
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that doctors are protected from assault in the workplace.
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Question reference: S6W-34129
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on legal advice and representation for current and former ministers in relation to public inquiries in the last 10 years, broken down by inquiry.
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Question reference: S6W-34108
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the annual cost is of maintaining emergency telephones on (a) the A90 in the (i) section north of Dundee and (ii) other sections and (b) other trunk roads.
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Question reference: S6W-34143
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time taken for Police Scotland to report a speeding offence to the procurator fiscal (a) is and (b) has been in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-34136
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many penalties were issued for drink or drug driving offences on each trunk road, in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-34091
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what progress was made on securing partnerships to advance Scotland’s green hydrogen capabilities during the Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy’s recent visit to Berlin.
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Question reference: S6W-34123
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is monitoring any delays to surgeries caused by the use of surgical wards for so-called medical boarders, and what steps it is taking to address any such issue.
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Question reference: S6W-34141
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many prosecutions for speeding on trunk roads led to a (a) conviction and (b) acquittal in each year since 2018, broken down by (i) trunk road and (ii) court location.
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Question reference: S6W-34135
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many road traffic collisions have occurred on each trunk road in each year since 2018, broken down by the severity of the incident.
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