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: S5W-28603
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 29 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what advice it is offering to parents to help support children experiencing anxiety regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28589
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people receiving IVF treatment have had their treatment paused since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28304
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 29 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is supporting the mental health and wellbeing of NHS and social care staff dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, and what use it makes of social media to promote this support.
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Question reference: S5W-28608
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support has been provided to young carers during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28600
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are trained to deliver its vaccine and immunisation programme.
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Question reference: S5W-28580
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the modelling regarding the impact of suspending the Cancer Screening Programme.
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Question reference: S5W-28607
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many drug-related deaths have been recorded in each week since 1 January 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-28593
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to continue to deliver the Scottish Immunisation Programme during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28227
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 28 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that its mental health legislation complies with Article 25(d) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which requires "health professionals to provide care of the same quality to persons with disabilities as to others, including on the basis of free and informed consent", and how it monitors the effectiveness of its approach.
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Question reference: S5W-28226
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 28 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that its mental health legislation complies with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which, according to the Guide to the Human Rights Act, says that it must "take positive steps to protect life in all kinds of situations", and how it monitors the effectiveness of its approach.
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