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-18852
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether current clinical pathways are sufficient to support the management of multiple diagnoses including mental health issues.
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Question reference: S4O-02802
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional miles of the A9 between Perth and Inverness are on course to be dualled by December 2016.
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Question reference: S4W-18854
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to assist patients in psychiatric hospitals to stop smoking.
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Question reference: S4W-18855
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that people with mental health problems have equal access to diagnosis and treatment across the NHS.
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Question reference: S4W-18849
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to assist people with mental health issues to stop smoking.
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Question reference: S4W-18848
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether GP dispensing pharmacies can offer a minor ailments or chronic medication service and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S4W-18850
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that people with mental health issues receive the same level of NHS care and treatment as for physical health issues.
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Question reference: S4W-18847
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether GP practices must lose staff when they cease to provide a dispensing pharmacy service and, if so, for what reason.
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Question reference: S4W-18846
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how much money a GP practice receives to provide a dispensing pharmacy service.
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Question reference: S4W-18934
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-18318 by Michael Russell on 4 December 2013, whether all secondary pupils who wish to study for a higher that is not available at their school will be given the opportunity to study the course online.
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