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-20498
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 30 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the hospital consultant contract sets higher requirements for established consultants in terms of supporting professional activities than that set for new consultants and, if so, whether it will examine what impact this has on staff (a) morale, (b) recruitment and (c) retention.
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Question reference: S4W-20762
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 30 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-19996 by Alex Neil on 13 March 2014, what action NHS boards have taken to implement the recommendations set out in Neonatal Care in Scotland: A Quality Framework.
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Question reference: S4O-03162
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S4W-20495
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 24 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the recent Information Services Division figures showing that 218 consultant positions in hospitals are vacant, with 50 unfilled for more than six months.
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Question reference: S4O-03125
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 23 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether raising the threshold for civil cases in the Court of Session from £5,000 to £150,000, as proposed in the Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill, will harm access to justice.
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Question reference: S4W-20035
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce pulse oximetry screening for all newborns to detect heart conditions early.
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Question reference: S4W-19996
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 13 March 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendations in the report by the charity, Bliss, It’s not a game: the very real costs of having a premature or sick baby.
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Question reference: S4W-19507
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what submission it has made to the independent review of standardised packaging for tobacco, which is being carried out by Sir Cyril Chantler.
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Question reference: S4W-19506
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made on whether its proposed introduction of standardised tobacco packaging could impact on the UK's world trade obligations.