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-07735
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the sites in Edinburgh that have been treated for Legionella have previously reported the existence of the bacteria.
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Question reference: S4W-07736
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 20 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what organisations companies need to notify who their responsible person is regarding responsibility for managing Legionella control schemes.
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Question reference: S4W-07732
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the outbreak of Legionella in Edinburgh will have on NHS Lothian's ability to meet its waiting time targets.
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Question reference: S4W-07737
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the outbreak of Legionella in Edinburgh, whether an outbreak control team has been established to protect public health and prevent further infection.
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Question reference: S4W-07734
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what organisations are responsible for carrying out further research regarding the identification of the source of the Legionella outbreak in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S4W-07731
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will allocate additional resources to NHS Lothian to deal with the outbreak of Legionella in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S4W-07733
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 June 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what form the assessment will take to learn lessons from the Legionella outbreak in Edinburgh as referred to by the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy on 7 June 2012 (Official Report, c. 9816).
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Question reference: S4W-07630
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will intervene in relation to the delay to the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S4W-07629
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when it first informed NHS Lothian that funding for the new (a) Royal Hospital for Sick Children and (b) Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh would be under the non-profit distributing model.
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Question reference: S4W-07626
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive when the new children’s hospital at the South Glasgow Hospitals Campus will open.