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.
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To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-18006 by Alex Neil on 12 November 2013, with which countries it has had discussions; when they took place; who was involved in the discussions, and what items were discussed.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the first supplementary to question S4O-02585 by Alex Neil on 14 November 2013 (Official Report, c. 24457), what action it is taking to address the "acute shortage of specific oncology specialists" in (a) particular NHS boards and (b) nationally.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the number of transplants carried out for patients in need of an organ transplant.
To ask the Scottish Government how many oncology specialists there have been in the NHS and specialising in which cancers in each of the last six years, broken down by NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients whose appointments were postponed as a result of the IT failure at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde subsequently had their appointments within (a) seven, (b) 14, (c) 21, (d) 28, (e) more than 28 days and how many are yet to be treated.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had discussions with other countries on their experiences of introducing policies relating to price controls for the protection of public health and, if so, what countries; when the discussions took place; what evidence-based information they shared, and who was involved in the discussions.
To ask the Scottish Government how many cancer clusters were identified in (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006, (d) 2007, (e) 2008, (f) 2009, (g) 2010, (h) 2011 and (i) 2012 and have been identified in 2013; what criteria must be met for a group of cancers to be considered to be a cluster; where and how these were identified; what causes have been suggested; what action has been taken; what agencies are involved in identifying and explaining cancer clusters, and how the number of clusters in Scotland compares with other countries.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much (a) mandatory registrations and (b) regulations have cost crofters in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve safety on the (a) A819, (b) A822 and (c) A708.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on raising awareness among the population of the dietary needs of some people because of their religious beliefs.