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: S6O-01256
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure fair access to justice in light of its recent Resource Spending Review reportedly freezing legal aid spending for the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-08791
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to implementing a primary care community audiology service, and, if so, what steps it is taking to introduce this.
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Question reference: S6W-08790
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to ensure that the terms of reference of the review being carried out by the National Audiology Review Group are sufficiently broad to allow any lessons learned by it to be used to improve services for all people with hearing loss.
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Question reference: S6W-08595
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to measure the success of its Super Sponsor scheme for Ukrainian refugees.
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Question reference: S6W-08674
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05590 by Clare Haughey on 28 January 2022, what its position is on the issue of historical forced adoption in light of the responses received to its questionnaire that has now closed.
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Question reference: S6W-08620
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations it has made for the use of e-scooters on public roads in Scotland, and whether legislation will be required in order to regulate this.
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Question reference: S6W-08619
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Department for Transport regarding the legalisation and regulation of the use of e-scooters in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01170
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support the so-called COVID generation of young people who have not received full assessments at school.
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Question reference: S6O-01127
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of people facing eviction in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-08253
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Department for International Trade regarding any investor-state dispute settlements in relation to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) that may impact on Scotland.
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