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: S6W-08996
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent reports that primary school pupils in Scotland are falling behind those in England for reading skills, whether a review of teaching practices will be carried out.
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Question reference: S6W-09069
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comment by the General Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing Scotland that "nursing staff are being driven out by the current way of working - the shortage of staff and too often the poor culture".
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Question reference: S6W-08997
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support and resources can be provided to Police Scotland to tackle domestic abuse, in light of statistics showing that the force receives a domestic abuse-related call on average every nine minutes.
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Question reference: S6O-01285
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether its COVID-19 recovery planning will include measures to improve access to interpreters and translators for people using public services.
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Question reference: S6W-08901
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent reports of refugees from Ukraine who have relocated to Scotland being removed from accommodation against their will.
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Question reference: S6W-09048
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to prohibit smoking in and around school grounds and entrances.
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Question reference: S6W-09067
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of anti-abortion gatherings at healthcare settings, what discussions it has had with trade unions regarding (a) the reported harassment and intimidation of patients and staff and (b) proposals for harassment-free buffer zones at these facilities.
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Question reference: S6W-09065
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the Chief Executive of Scottish Care has said that the requirement for 10,000 people with advanced dementia to pay for healthcare is a "moral outrage" and that this would be free if they had any other terminal illness.
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Question reference: S6W-09066
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce measures to reduce cigarette butt pollution as part of its work to reduce the amount of single-use plastic items.
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Question reference: S6W-08906
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider allowing refugees from Ukraine who are students and have relocated to Scotland to access the International Students’ Emergency Fund, including to meet the costs of continuing tuition with a university in Ukraine.
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