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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 November 2024
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Question reference: S5W-09503

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Child Poverty Action Group, Poverty and Child Health, which suggested that over 40% of doctors that it surveyed had difficulty discharging children from hospital due to concerns about housing or food insecurity.

Question reference: S5W-09506

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 7 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its recommendation in the maternity and neonatal services review, what steps it has taken toward leading a detailed review of neonatal transport services.

Question reference: S5W-09505

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 6 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made toward the compulsory fortification of flour with folic acid.

Question reference: S5W-09450

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 31 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with trade bodies regarding its plans to update the regulations on the licensing of dog, cat and rabbit breeding and dealing.

Question reference: S5W-09451

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 31 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on having a centralised database of all people involved with the breeding and selling of animals.

Question reference: S5O-00981

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it will encourage the uptake of all of the devolved benefits to which people might be entitled.

Question reference: S5W-08841

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported concerns regarding animal welfare, what its position is on ending the sale of kittens and puppies in pet shops.

Question reference: S5W-08252

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how the review of general practice funding, pay and expenses is taking account of unmet need and high levels of multimorbidity in areas of high deprivation.

Question reference: S5W-08249

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04602 by Shona Robison on 21 November 2016, which of the findings of the review of the Scottish allocation formula have been implemented.

Question reference: S5W-08263

  • Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 April 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04602 by Shona Robison on 21 November 2016, how the review that it has commissioned to review general practice funding, pay and expenses will be informed by the review of the Scottish allocation formula.