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-04054
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to ensure that NHS patients in Scotland can access Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused Ultra-Sound (MRgFUS) to treat the condition, essential tremor.
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Question reference: S6W-04096
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support local authorities are receiving to apply for the Woods in and Around Town scheme, and what its position is on whether the available support is sufficient to meet the current demand for access to urban woods that are close to where people live.
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Question reference: S6W-04037
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to join the National Pancreatic Cancer Audit.
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Question reference: S6W-04094
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to expand the Woods in and Around Towns scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-04036
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address the reported survivability bias in the Cancer Patient Experience Survey to ensure that experiences of patients with a less survivable cancer are captured.
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Question reference: S6W-04132
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has taken any action to alert fire safety companies to the requirements on evacuation alert systems contained in British Standard 8629:2019.
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Question reference: S6W-04154
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02621 by Humza Yousaf on 14 September 2021, whether a date has been agreed for the introduction of e-prescribing.
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Question reference: S6W-04181
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it will use to appoint members of the Green Heat Finance Taskforce.
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Question reference: S6W-04135
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government and the National Fire Chiefs Council in relation to the fitting of evacuation alert systems, including any contribution it has made to the evacuation alert systems project, and what outcomes it hopes this will result in.
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Question reference: S6W-04141
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that there has been a 44% increase in the number of people paying for private procedures since 2019 and that waiting lists for NHS outpatient appointments have reportedly risen to 400,000 over the first half of 2021, what its position is on whether this represents a move towards a two-tier public/private health service in Scotland based on the ability to pay.
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