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-06740
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to a Scottish clinical trial of cannabis-based medicines.
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Question reference: S6W-06864
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05562 by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022, whether it plans to use the European Stroke Organisation Stroke Service Tracker that has been designed to report national progress and allow comparisons between countries participating in the stroke action plan.
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Question reference: S6W-06866
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the median waiting time for a brain scan has been in each of the last five years in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-06865
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05559 by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022, what criteria were used to determine the current stroke care brain scan standard of 90% scanned within 12 hours, and, in light of strokes often being time-critical medical emergencies, for what reasons it considers this standard to be appropriate.
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Question reference: S6O-00952
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the aviation industry to discuss the sector’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S6O-00956
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on travel in Scotland of the recent changes to the Highway Code.
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Question reference: S6O-00950
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc.
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Question reference: S6O-00953
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Department for Work and Pensions regarding proposed changes to its office estate that could result in job losses in the north east and elsewhere in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-00954
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact of the UK Chancellor’s Spring Statement will be on Scotland's SMEs.
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Question reference: S6O-00951
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it currently provides to improve road safety.
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