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-07627
- 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 patients from the Lothian region will be treated at the new children’s hospital at the South Glasgow Hospitals Campus when it opens and, if so, how many.
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Question reference: S4W-07632
- 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 proposals to keep the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh at the current location in Sciennes would be compatible with the recommendations in the Review of Tertiary Paediatric Services in Scotland in relation to the co-location of children’s specialist acute services with adult, maternity and neonatal services.
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Question reference: S4W-07625
- 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 Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh will open.
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Question reference: S4W-07631
- 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 what discussions it has had with NHS Lothian regarding the continued provision of acute children’s services at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Sciennes during the delayed construction of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
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Question reference: S4W-07628
- 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 what discussions it has had with (a) NHS Lothian and (b) Consort regarding delays to the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S4W-07379
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the recent investigation by the board’s auditors, what discussions it has had with NHS Lothian regarding the use of private healthcare providers.
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Question reference: S4O-01136
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what work it is doing to improve the local environment around the canal network.
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Question reference: S4W-07378
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 June 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances it supports the use by the NHS of private healthcare providers.
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Question reference: S4W-07401
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring has been carried out regarding the impact of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 on discounts to council tax bills and whether it plans to continue this.
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Question reference: S4W-07404
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 May 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial impact has been of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 on council tax bills.