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-30157
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has been taking during the COVID-19 pandemic to encourage people who are concerned that they might have cancer to seek medical advice.
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Question reference: S5W-30152
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with non-COVID-19-related conditions have taken part in clinical trials in each of the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S5W-30074
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress it has made in securing antibody tests for COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-30110
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that (a) treatment delays and (b) longer waiting times due to COVID-19 will have on excess death rates.
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Question reference: S5W-30109
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what PPE will be used in clinical settings where a two-metre social distance is not possible.
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Question reference: S5W-30111
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the two-metre social distancing advice will have on (a) capacity within NHS services and (b) waiting times.
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Question reference: S5W-30292
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of Scotland's 15,500 daily COVID-19 testing capacity comes from UK regional testing facilities.
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Question reference: S5W-30174
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of BAME people reportedly being at higher risk from COVID-19, what action it is taking to provide public health messages in languages other than English, and how it ensures that these messages are reaching such groups.
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Question reference: S5W-29903
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with a learning disability have been tested for COVID-19, also broken down by how many tested positive.
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Question reference: S5W-30011
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will reopen NHS pay negotiations, and what its response is to a recent Unison Scotland NHS staff survey, which found that (a) 87% of respondents thought the NHS should consider a further pay award this year, (b) 80% of respondents said they are tired or very tired, (c) 72% of respondents said they are exhausted after work, (d) 30% of respondents are not getting adequate breaks and (e) many NHS staff had experienced extra childcare costs, extra transport costs due to restricted public transport, were washing their clothes more often, had been isolating from family and were mentally and physically exhausted.
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