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-04845
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking, in addition to encouraging natural ventilation, to make classrooms safer learning environments for children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-04867
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) strategy and (b) resilience planning was undertaken to account for the possibility of extraordinary events, such as Storm Arwen, occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated measures, such as lockdown.
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Question reference: S6W-04866
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to introducing an emergency alert system for catastrophic and extraordinary events, similar to those in place in other jurisdictions, such as the USA and some European countries.
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Question reference: S6W-04843
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what inquiries it is conducting into the prevalence of long COVID, and its potential impact on (a) children and (b) the population as a whole.
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Question reference: S6W-04751
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to extend the concessionary travel scheme to include free rail travel for under-22s as part of the nationalised ScotRail fares strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-04844
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has relating to the risk of children developing long COVID.
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Question reference: S6W-04836
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the pressure that existing NHS staff are reportedly under in carrying out their day-to-day responsibilities, how it is ensuring that mandatory staff training is provided to newly recruited staff.
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Question reference: S6W-04834
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that adverse risk to patient care is being avoided in NHS Highland.
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Question reference: S6W-04830
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have been matched with an adopter via Scotland’s Adoption Register in each year since 2011.
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Question reference: S6W-04802
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 17 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will publish its annual report on the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme for 2020-21.
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