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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government whether an equalities impact assessment was carried out of its Test and Protect app; for what reason it is not accessible to phones with older operating systems, and what advice it is providing to people who do not have the technology to download it.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking regarding companies that allow farmed salmon to escape in large numbers; how many such companies have had sanctions imposed on them in the last five years, and what the sanctions were.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it has confidence in the hybrid system of voting.
To ask the Scottish Government on which date the First Minister was made aware that patients were being transferred from hospitals to care homes after having tested positive for COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government on which date the First Minister was made aware that patients were being transferred from hospitals to care homes without being tested for COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government what the budget is for the new NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde specialist mesh service that is being established; how many patients per year this service will (a) have consultations with, (b) treat and (c) operate on, and what the projected cost is per patient.
To ask the Scottish Government what immediate steps it will take to ensure an energy efficient and climate driven economic recovery post COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that infrastructure projects are carried out in a way that minimises waste and reduces Scotland’s carbon footprint.
To ask the Scottish Government what individual risk assessments were carried out before hospital patients who had tested (a) positive and (b) negative for COVID-19 were discharged to care homes or to be cared for at their own homes.
To ask the Scottish Government what overall risk assessment was carried out on the potential impact of the policy decision that resulted in hospital patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 being discharged to care homes or to be cared for at their own homes, and whether it will publish this.