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-24392
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what metrics will be used to consider the effectiveness of its short-term let licensing policy, and, consequently, what information it has requested from local authorities as part of this.
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Question reference: S6W-24331
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many women in the West Scotland region have had ovarian cancer surgery privately in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-23896
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Supreme Court judgement that the Scottish Parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence, whether it will reallocate funding for the Constitutional Futures Division to help the charitable hospice sector address the reported £16 million deficit that it faces.
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Question reference: S6W-24049
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much Barnett consequential funding it has received for the treatment of long COVID in each financial year from 2020-21 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-23128
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the British Medical Association Scotland's reported statement that the NHS workforce is "a system bursting at the seams, with a workforce running on empty", in light of reports that hip operation waiting lists have tripled in six NHS boards.
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Question reference: S6W-23819
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 9 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to see a reduction in neurology waiting times.
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Question reference: S6W-23821
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 9 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support any dystonia patients on waiting lists who are forced to take time off work due to their painful condition.
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Question reference: S6W-23824
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 9 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that women in the west of Scotland have experienced considerable delays in accessing ovarian cancer surgery.
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Question reference: S6W-23829
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 9 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21016 by Michael Matheson on 19 September 2023, whether it has met with the West of Scotland Cancer Network and, if so, what was discussed.
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Question reference: S6W-23820
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 9 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of (a) waiting times for neurology services and (b) possible strategies to address any backlogs.