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-23382
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed the availability in Scotland of cystic fibrosis drugs with the UK Government.
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Question reference: S6W-23383
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Medicines Consortium will publish its final recommendations for NHS boards on cystic fibrosis treatment and drugs.
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Question reference: S6W-23384
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that modulator treatments are available for all individuals with cystic fibrosis in Scotland now and in the future.
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Question reference: S6W-23381
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S6W-23149
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21445 by Jenni Minto on 2 October 2023, whether it will provide an update on the development and delivery of the new national strategy for palliative and end of life care, including what was discussed at the Strategy Steering Group meeting on 14 September 2023, and what progress has been made in relation to the Strategy as a result of that meeting.
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Question reference: S6W-23148
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to improve the end-of-life experience for those dying in poverty, in light of the finding of Marie Curie that 8,200 people die in poverty in Scotland every year.
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Question reference: S6W-23151
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how the new national strategy for palliative and end of life care will specifically support palliative care delivery in rural and remote areas.
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Question reference: S6W-23167
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to include Argyll and Bute Council in the Storm Babet Ministerial Taskforce.
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Question reference: S6W-23166
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support will be provided to businesses in Argyll and Bute that have been impacted by damage as a result of Storm Babet, in light of reports of around half being unable to reopen and a cumulative financial deficit of nearly £1.3 million.
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Question reference: S6W-23397
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set up a committee to examine the reported rising excess death rate in Scotland, in light of data from the National Records of Scotland showing that 3,255 excess deaths have taken place in 2023 so far.
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