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.
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Question to be taken in Chamber.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of schools reportedly reducing subject choice as a result of budget pressures, and whether this was a policy intention when it set local authority budgets.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported shortage of psychologists able to diagnose autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in children.
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of children and young people are currently beginning treatment for mental health conditions within 18 weeks of referral in NHS Lanarkshire.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03514 by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021, what engagement the National Services Division and Scottish Genomics Leadership Group are having with the pharmaceutical industry and academia on the design of sustainable genetic laboratories and frontline genetics services that would benefit patients and attract clinical research to Scotland.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03517 by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021, and the National Services Division review of NHS Scotland’s genomics services, what steps are being taken to align the timing of the publication of advice by the Scottish Medicines Consortium with the commissioning of companion diagnostic tests in order to prevent delays for patients getting advanced therapies.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support communities affected by recent bank branch closures, and what representations it is making to those banks regarding their proposals to close branches.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the further easing of restrictions, what PPE will be recommended in the NHS across health and social care from April 2022, and what plans it has to fund the procurement and provision of PPE.
To ask the Scottish Government what methods it will use to incorporate understanding of women’s experiences of poverty and training/development into the design of the Child Poverty Delivery Plan interventions on skills and employability.