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-21706
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 3 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance is available for schools and local authorities on accepting cash or other donations from individuals and organisations towards helping families experiencing financial hardship, who are ineligible for free school meals, or those with school meal debt.
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Question reference: S6W-21457
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 3 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on implementing a local inheritance tax.
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Question reference: S6W-21695
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the development of alternative technologies to replace traditional scallop dredging.
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Question reference: S6W-21696
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on financially supporting the reparation of historical artefacts that reside in Scotland as the result of colonialism or imperialism, in light of reports that it did not initially wish to pay for the return of the House of Ni’isjoohl memorial pole from the National Museum of Scotland to the Nisga’a Nation in Canada.
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Question reference: S6W-21478
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to a reported increase in still-births.
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Question reference: S6W-21476
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made regarding the cause of still-births in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-20966
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20258 by Jenni Minto on 14 August 2023, what issues were discussed at its last meeting with the Society of Chief Officers of Environmental Health in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-21624
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to patients who may require assistance or have additional communication needs, in light of the NHS Scotland National Elective Coordination Unit (NECU) initiative aimed at validating patient waiting lists by text message in NHS Lanarkshire.
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Question reference: S6W-21685
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the assessed outcomes of the NHS Scotland National Elective Coordination Unit (NECU) initiative aimed at validating patient waiting lists by text message, which is currently being delivered in NHS Lanarkshire.
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Question reference: S6W-21684
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the effectiveness of existing measures that aim to prevent people being inadvertently removed from NHS waiting lists.