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-25367
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the First Minister's commitment to decriminalise abortion in Scotland, what progress has been made towards that goal since March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-25372
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when the First Minister last met formally with the Women's Health Champion.
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Question reference: S6W-25366
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much resource services related to abortion provision and care will receive in the 2024-25 Budget, and how this compares to the previous five financial years.
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Question reference: S6O-03143
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact that any mass delay of NHS capital projects would have on patient and staff safety.
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Question reference: S6W-25208
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that NHS Ayrshire and Arran will remove ICU beds from University Hospital Ayr and relocate them to Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, citing significant workforce gaps, whether this issue was raised during the (a) biannual performance reviews in September 2023 and (b) NHS Education for Scotland (NES) workforce supply meetings in October and November 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-25202
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it is on track to meet its target of recruiting an additional 800 GPs by 2027.
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Question reference: S6W-25192
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what changes are anticipated to the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) provision of training for healthcare professionals as a result of the Scottish Budget 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-25203
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met any GP professional bodies to discuss the recruitment and retention of GPs in rural areas.
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Question reference: S6T-01801
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 February 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the reported decision to delay the progress of all new NHS capital projects for up to two years, including the Ayr National Treatment Centre.
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