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: S6W-09084
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns of the pest control industry regarding the impact that banning glue traps might have on their ability to deal with infestation outbreaks.
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Question reference: S6W-08649
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints from (a) passengers and (b) staff were received by ScotRail services between 1 and 30 April 2022, broken down by the reason for the complaint.
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Question reference: S6W-09153
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is on track to meet the target to clear (a) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and (b) psychological therapies waiting lists by March 2023, as set out in the NHS Recovery Plan 2021-2026.
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Question reference: S6W-08996
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent reports that primary school pupils in Scotland are falling behind those in England for reading skills, whether a review of teaching practices will be carried out.
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Question reference: S6W-09149
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Scotland to recruit 320 additional Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) staff, how many such staff it has recruited in 2022 to date; whether it has set a timeline for this commitment to be fulfilled; how this interacts with targets to clear both CAMHS and psychological therapies waiting times by March 2023, and what specific targets it has in place to recruit these workers.
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Question reference: S6W-09155
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what actions Marine Scotland is taking regarding gill net fishing and its reported impact on marine life and marine litter.
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Question reference: S6W-09069
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comment by the General Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing Scotland that "nursing staff are being driven out by the current way of working - the shortage of staff and too often the poor culture".
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Question reference: S6O-01299
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to set a national generation target for solar energy as it has for wind and hydrogen.
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Question reference: S6W-09082
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what scope there is for NHS boards to accept the results of tests carried out privately at the request of a patient.
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Question reference: S6W-09045
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale is for implementation of the decarbonised railway line between Stranraer and Girvan; what work has been carried out on this, and what progress has been made.
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