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-15603
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) under five-year-olds, (b) five to 17-year-olds and (c) adults have been classified as (i) overweight and (ii) obese in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.
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Question reference: S4W-15606
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths there have been in each of the last five years in which obesity was mentioned on the death certificate, broken down by gender.
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Question reference: S4W-14237
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the effect on the Scottish oil industry of the renewable targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.
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Question reference: S4W-13231
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to promote choice for patients booking hospital outpatient appointments.
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Question reference: S4W-13229
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on (a) hospital and (b) GP appointments being overbooked.
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Question reference: S4W-13230
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether foreign language interpreters are paid when a patient requiring the service does not attend.
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Question reference: S4W-12916
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that patients can access orphan medicines.
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Question reference: S4W-12917
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are measures in place to ensure that an older average age of patients is not a negatively discriminating factor in the valuation of treatments and their outcomes by the Scottish Medicines Consortium.
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Question reference: S4W-12914
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been invested to ensure high-frequency bus transportation as part of the Southern General Hospital’s proposed green travel plan.
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Question reference: S4W-12915
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve early diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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