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-00884
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out or plans to carry out of the issue of microplastics originating from hospital laundrettes being found in the ocean.
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Question reference: S6W-00890
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether clinician-led case reviews have been carried out for people identified with (a) an aspergillus and (b) a cryptococcus infection at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital since it opened, and, if not, whether it will instruct such reviews.
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Question reference: S6W-00885
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the use of single-use plastic in medical settings.
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Question reference: S6W-00869
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many mesh removal surgeries have taken place in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-00844
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the efficacy is of each of the COVID-19 vaccines that are in use in Scotland, broken down by (a) first and (b) second dose.
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Question reference: S6W-00855
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32985 by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 November 2020, whether it will provide an update on the figures to date.
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Question reference: S6W-00862
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take to reverse the reported trend of missed carbon emissions targets.
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Question reference: S6W-00868
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) hernia and (b) rectopexy mesh surgeries have been performed in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-01019
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a Scottish equivalent of United Kingdom Government Investments (UKGI).
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Question reference: S6W-01320
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the eligibility criteria that were required for businesses to be awarded Scottish Enterprise funding as part of the green jobs call, which closed on 1 July 2021.