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-21024
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 31 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the NICE protocols and guidelines for the treatment of interstitial lung that are used by local managed clinical networks and the National Advisory Group for Respiratory Managed Clinical Networks.
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Question reference: S5W-21063
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 31 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the introduction of smart ticketing services for passengers on each route operated as part of the public contracts for (a) Clyde and Hebrides, (b) Gourock-Dunoon and (c) Northern Isles ferry services.
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Question reference: S5W-21025
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 31 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with interstitial lung disease accessed pulmonary rehabilitation in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-21023
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 31 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce quality standards for caring for people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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Question reference: S5W-21021
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 31 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that clinicians dealing with interstitial lung disease follow the NICE guidelines, and what its position is on producing its own guidelines.
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Question reference: S5W-21066
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to facilitate discussions between trade unions and bidders for the Northern Isles Ferry Services contract.
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Question reference: S5W-21067
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which procurement technique it will use for the competitive tender of the 2019-27 contract for Northern Isles Ferry Services, and whether it will publish a procurement timetable for this.
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Question reference: S5W-21062
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which freight vessels it has recommended to bidders as part of the 2019-27 Northern Isles Ferry Services contract.
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Question reference: S5W-21064
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the specifications in the contract that it has put out to tender for Northern Isles Ferry Services from October 2019, and what the final deadline is for the submission of bids.
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Question reference: S5W-21065
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 29 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an annual estimate of the value of the 2019-27 contract for Northern Isles Ferry Services by (a) subsidy and (b) passenger fares revenue.
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