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
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Question reference: S5O-03978
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the independent review of the issues at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
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Question reference: S5O-03942
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to provide additional welfare support for people in need over the Christmas and New Year period.
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Question reference: S5W-26428
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has in place to publicise and promote the uptake of HPV vaccinations among S1 boys.
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Question reference: S5W-26430
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out the advice it received from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation for the girls’ HPV vaccination programme prior to its introduction in 2008, and specifically whether it indicated that the programme should be implemented with a single school year of girls only, or via a catch-up programme.
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Question reference: S5W-26429
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what specific advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation statement in July 2018 it used to decide that the boys' HPV vaccination programme should not be implemented via a catch-up vaccination programme.
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Question reference: S5W-26431
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of oropharyngeal cancer rates in Scotland reportedly being the highest in the UK, are increasing, and are projected to increase further, whether it will introduce an HPV catch-up vaccination programme for boys.
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Question reference: S5O-03847
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when the health secretary last met the chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S5O-03707
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to publish an assessment of the possible economic impact on Scotland of it leaving the UK.
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Question reference: S5O-03671
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the eligibility criteria for the HPV vaccine.