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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

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Question reference: S6O-00323

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it is acting upon the recent recommendations of the Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population.

Question reference: S6O-00308

Asked by: Jim Fairlie, MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to support people who have experienced long-term mental or physical harm as a result of NHS negligence or misdiagnosis.

Question reference: S6O-00305

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports of patients being given appointments for a COVID-19 booster vaccine within six months of their second dose of the vaccine and who were therefore unable to have the booster at the appointment.

Question reference: S6O-00322

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the organisers of major events since the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccination certification scheme.

Question reference: S6O-00325

Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what support it has offered Scotland’s cultural and heritage sectors in connection with COP26.

Question reference: S6O-00314

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to introduce a system of nationwide rent controls.

Question reference: S6O-00316

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a report from Falkirk Council that states that the average cost of building a new affordable home is set to rise to £240,000, from £144,823 in 2014.

Question reference: S6O-00312

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to encourage more affordable homes to be built in remote and rural areas.

Question reference: S6O-00320

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government which conflicts its new Institute for Peacekeeping will aim to resolve and by when.

Question reference: S6O-00303

Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on the commitments in its Programme for Government to tackle the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food and drinks.