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: S6F-00558
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 December 2021
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is marking International Anti-Corruption Day.
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Question reference: S6W-04537
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to research published by the British Association of Social Workers in January 2021 regarding the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the mental wellbeing and quality of working life of social workers.
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Question reference: S6W-04538
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support social workers whose mental wellbeing and quality of working life have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-04467
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances gamete storage can be provided by the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-04541
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 26 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether all staff working in mental health services are given equalities training.
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Question reference: S6W-04356
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to support the mental wellbeing of paramedics.
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Question reference: S6W-03990
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roadworks on the A8011 over the M80 bridges around J4a, including the nature of the works and expected timescale for completion.
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Question reference: S6O-00317
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that welfare entitlements and other benefits such as council tax exemptions are taken up by care experienced young people.
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Question reference: S6O-00290
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to address illegal trawling.
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Question reference: S6W-03440
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report, Alcohol marketing during the 2020 Six Nations Championship: A frequency analysis, including the finding that a reference to alcohol appeared every 12 seconds during the broadcast of a match played in Scotland.
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