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: S6W-08270
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is being offered to people who are experiencing long-term side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Question reference: S6W-07976
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the reported statement that the number of delayed discharges is back to pre-pandemic levels, whether it will provide details of the figures on which this is based.
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Question reference: S6W-08282
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS board areas have an MND (a) specialist nurse and (b) clinical lead.
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Question reference: S6W-08255
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what processes are in place in the event that Ukrainian refugees and host families in Scotland, who have been matched through the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, have also applied through the Scottish Government's Super Sponsor Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-08291
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to measure post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Scotland in the event that ZOE COVID-19 funding is reduced by the UK Government, and how it plans to measure the impact of long COVID on individuals, and the workforce.
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Question reference: S6W-07710
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05800 by Humza Yousaf on 28 January 2022, how many (a) primary care referrals, (b) secondary care referrals and (c) self-referrals have been made to Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland’s Long COVID Support Service since the service was established.
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Question reference: S6W-08280
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07335 by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022, which details funding provided to the Scottish Huntington’s Association prior to the lodging of motion S6M-00923, which was supported by 99 MSPs of all parties, what steps it has taken since the lodging of the motion to act on its call to expand specialist Huntington’s disease services in line with rising cases.
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Question reference: S6W-08281
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07335 by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022, whether it will provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the Scottish Huntington’s Association in each year since 2012.
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Question reference: S6W-08279
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07335 by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022, what the outcome was of the meeting on 10 November 2021, and what steps have been taken since to "work with NHS, third sector partners and people affected by Huntington’s Disease to drive up standards of care".
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Question reference: S6W-08290
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to provide access for patients with long COVID to laboratory-based long COVID studies.
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