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: S4W-24489
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24330 by Jamie Hepburn on 17 February 2015, whether it will address the issue raised in the question regarding what action it has taken to improve psychological services in light of the criticism by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN).
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Question reference: S4O-04061
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what assistance it gives to school pupils from remote and rural areas to visit the Parliament.
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Question reference: S4W-24329
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 19 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the commitment in the 2010 Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) 114 report, Non-pharmaceutical management of depression in adults, that the report would "be considered for review in three years", has not been met.
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Question reference: S4W-24332
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 19 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there is no Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network guideline for the general management, including pharmaceutical, of depression.
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Question reference: S4W-24331
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 19 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether GPs are trained to (a) diagnose all mental health conditions and personality disorders and (b) identify the appropriate management of the conditions.
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Question reference: S4O-04036
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to comply with the habitats directive to conserve freshwater pearl mussels in the River Spey.
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Question reference: S4W-24330
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action was taken to improve psychological services following the observation in the 2010 Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) 114 report, Non-pharmaceutical management of depression in adults, that the "provision of psychological therapy services across Scotland [was] patchy, idiosyncratic and largely uncoordinated".
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Question reference: S4W-24298
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24156 by Aileen McLeod on 8 January 2015, if “the water quality in the River Spey has in fact improved from an already high base over the last 10 years”, what it considers the reason is for the reported 50% drop in freshwater pearl mussels.
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Question reference: S4W-24299
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 17 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24156 by Aileen McLeod on 8 January 2015, when the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Scottish Natural Heritage will conclude their work on the current ecological status standards for the River Spey Special Area of Conservation and other sites designated under the birds and habitats directives, and on what date the results will be published.
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Question reference: S4W-24142
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 January 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 February 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what enforcement action has been taken against fish farms found to be in breach of regulations regarding the protection of wild fish.
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