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-05076
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on spirometry.
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Question reference: S6W-05080
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on the diagnosis of (a) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and (b) interstitial lung disease.
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Question reference: S6W-05293
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether business support will be provided to hospitality and catering businesses that have lost custom, due to people being advised to work from home.
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Question reference: S6W-05079
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the early diagnosis of (a) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and (b) interstitial lung disease.
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Question reference: S6W-05339
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Fuel Poverty Strategy, due to be published by the end of 2021, and when the strategy will be implemented, as required by the Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-05125
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the finding of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society 2021 Workforce Wellbeing Survey that 57% of pharmacy workers have reported being frequently unable to take a rest break or were not offered a break at all, how it plans to ensure that pharmacy workers are not overworked and are offered adequate rest throughout the workday.
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Question reference: S6W-05127
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the finding of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society 2021 Workforce Wellbeing Survey that 33% of pharmacy workers have reported thinking of leaving the profession altogether, how it plans to relieve pressures on the pharmacy industry in general.
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Question reference: S6W-05134
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to (a) widen access to pharmacy education and (b) promote pharmacy as a career choice.
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Question reference: S6W-05150
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to implement in full the recommendations in the report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and, if so, what steps it will take to do so.
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Question reference: S6W-05286
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time for people to access chronic pain services has been in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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