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-28636
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2024
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answer expected on 14 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s report on Module 1, covering pre-pandemic preparedness and resilience, which publishes on 18 July 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-28503
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 5 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost has been to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service of call-outs to vacant, abandoned and derelict buildings in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-28497
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2024
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenni Minto on 5 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when ministers will be in a position to provide an update to the Parliament on the work of the Chief Medical Officer’s office to review the recommendations of the Cass Review and its implications for Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-28139
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding its current position in relation to potentially lifting the prohibition on fishing vessels landing berried hen lobsters from the (a) Solway Firth and (b) North Channel of the Irish Sea, in light of reported concerns from the fishing industry that the Marine Directorate research that underpins the prohibition is inadequate.
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Question reference: S6F-03280
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 June 2024
To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the Scottish Government’s work to roll out the Carer Support Payment.
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Question reference: S6O-03626
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how citizens' assemblies can help ensure that the views of people in rural communities are taken into account in decision-making on matters of importance to rural Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-27895
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 May 2024
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase access to diabetes technologies.
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Question reference: S6W-27770
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 May 2024
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Neil Gray on 22 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has identified during the course of its ongoing investigation any other public sector organisations that have been impacted by the cyber attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway infrastructure.
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Question reference: S6W-26990
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on (a) the uptake and (b) any assessment that it has made of the effectiveness of the Small Producers Pilot Fund, since it was launched.
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Question reference: S6W-26657
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported announcement from DADDS dental practice in Dumfries that it is to close, which will reportedly lead to the deregistration of 4,000 NHS patients, whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to support access to dental care for people residing within the Dumfries and Galloway Council area.
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