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
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Question reference: S6W-06790
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy has incorporated comments from (a) Close the Gap and (b) Engender.
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Question reference: S6W-06792
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the obligations in section 13 of the Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020 “to consult persons with experience in or knowledge of the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies intended to tackle gender inequality” have been realised.
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Question reference: S6W-06457
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether there is a need for additional support, including clinical nursing specialists, for blood cancer patients due to the specific and complex nature of the disease.
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Question reference: S6W-06456
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve early diagnosis of blood cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-06455
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve public awareness of blood cancer symptoms.
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Question reference: S6W-06698
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to make sapropterin available on the NHS for people with phenylketonuria.
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Question reference: S6W-06325
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05609 by Michael Matheson on 17 January 2022, whether it will provide the information requested regarding what consideration Scottish Water gave to the minimum income expectation set by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland within the 2021-27 final determination of charges when setting charge levels for 2022-23; how Scottish Water assessed the economic circumstances of the customers referred to; what view Scottish Water’s customer advisory body gave on the charges proposed, and whether it was consulted prior to Scottish Water making its charging decisions for the 2022-23 financial year.
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Question reference: S6W-06164
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to creel fishermen, in light of the planned removal of customary exemptions to a seasonal ban on white fish catches, which is expected to come into force on 14 February 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-06165
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it plans to remove customary exemptions to a seasonal ban on white fish catches, which is expected to come into force on 14 February 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-06168
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can guarantee that the planned three-month removal of customary exemptions to a seasonal ban on white fish catches, which is expected to come into force on 14 February 2022, will not be extended further.
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