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-05559
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reduce the target time for a brain scan in the event of stroke to less than 12 hours.
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Question reference: S6W-05565
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04701 by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021, on what basis the peer review is independent, in light of NHS Lothian reportedly treating Andrew Slorance for five years.
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Question reference: S6W-05551
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the waiting time for an echocardiogram to six weeks, in light of European standards reportedly stating that asymptomatic patients must be referred for an echocardiogram within this timescale.
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Question reference: S6W-05548
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether all over-65-year-olds routinely have their heart checked with a stethoscope.
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Question reference: S6W-05501
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government from where specifically it will source energy that is currently generated by the Torness nuclear power station, following its closure.
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Question reference: S6W-05552
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures have been carried out at the (a) Golden Jubilee hospital, (b) Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and (c) Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in each year since 2018-19, including the current year to date.
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Question reference: S6W-05512
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) service levels and (b) types of train sets ScotRail is required to run between Aberdeen and the central belt under the current franchise agreement, and whether this will change following it coming under direct state control from March 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-05546
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review heart valve disease services in order to identify areas of excellence and construct patient pathways.
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Question reference: S6W-05547
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve awareness of heart valve disease among (a) primary care professionals and (b) the public.
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Question reference: S6W-05469
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the concepts of progressive land use and progressive development, as referred to in its shared policy programme with the Scottish Green Party regarding the designation of new national parks, relate to sustainable land use and sustainable development.