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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

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Question reference: S5O-04001

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government whether acquiring a gender recognition certificate gives a prisoner any new legal rights regarding the decisions made by the Scottish Prison Service about their accommodation.

Question reference: S5O-03980

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Glasgow City Council has received appropriate support from the Ending Homelessness Together Fund.

Question reference: S5W-25895

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 18 October 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 October 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out a review of the age limit for the Advance Payment Scheme for survivors of in-care abuse.

Question reference: S5O-03636

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions regarding possible disruptions in the event of a no-deal Brexit it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Question reference: S5W-25349

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether adult survivors of child sexual abuse pursuing personal claims against local authorities will be precluded from applying for payment under the proposed Redress (Survivors of In Care Abuse) scheme.

This issue is covered in a consultation the Scottish Government has issued on the financial redress scheme for survivors of child abuse in care, the results of which will inform the development of the legislation the Government intends introducing next year.

The consultation is open until 25 November and further information is available on the Scottish Government website at https://www.gov.scot/news/consultation-on-financial-redress/ .

Question reference: S5W-25348

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether adult survivors of child sexual abuse will be precluded from pursuing personal claims against local authorities should they meet the criteria for payment under the proposed Redress (Survivors of In Care Abuse) scheme.

The consultation is open until 25 November and further information is available on the Scottish Government website at https://www.gov.scot/news/consultation-on-financial-redress/ .

Question reference: S5W-25215

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2019
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government which countries demonstrate international best practice regarding gender recognition, and whether it will provide details of the research and analysis it has undertaken that informs this view.

A number of jurisdictions - including Denmark and Ireland - have legal gender recognition systems in place which do not require the applicant to provide medical evidence. The Yogyakarta Principles contain recommendations on gender recognition: https://yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles-en/ . Resolution 2048 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe contains provisions on gender recognition: https://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-EN.asp?fileid=21736 The international position on gender recognition was considered in the Scottish Government's consultation on general principles: https://consult.gov.scot/family-law/review-of-the-gender-recognition-act-2004/ : please see in particular Part 3 and Annex D.

Question reference: S5O-03495

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 5 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that a no-deal Brexit could cost the economy of Glasgow £2.35 billion and 38,000 jobs over a four-year period.

Question reference: S5W-23930

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 30 July 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it giving the Equality Network £45,000 per annum since 2015-16 for its Intersex Project, which is secured until 2020, whether it supports the charity's aims to "challenge the definition of sex as consisting of only male and female" and "to promote the knowledge that sex is a continuum, as is gender".

The aim of the Equality Network's intersex project is to facilitate intersex people’s engagement with policy makers and others, to develop a shared understanding of intersex issues. We understand that these statements originate in the Statement of the European Intersex Meeting in Riga in 2014. We understand that the Equality Network have not taken a policy position on intersex/variations in sex characteristics (VSC) issues until they have consulted further on them with intersex people / people with VSCs in Scotland. Their webpage now makes that clear. The Scottish Government plans to consult on intersex/VSC issues.

Question reference: S5W-23917

Current Status: Withdrawn