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-09122
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Grangemouth Flood Protection Scheme should provide net gain/positive effects for biodiversity, and, if it considers that this should be the case, how it will be ensured that any such outcome is delivered.
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Question reference: S6T-00821
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update following the summit on safe access to abortion services convened by the First Minister.
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Question reference: S6O-01293
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to support the establishment of more publicly-owned bus services.
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Question reference: S6W-08716
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider standardising testing for coeliac disease by encouraging local audits of blood tests against endoscopies and biopsies.
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Question reference: S6W-08717
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the demand on endoscopy services to diagnose coeliac disease.
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Question reference: S6W-08752
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Birthrights report, Systemic racism, not broken bodies, on racial injustice and human rights in UK maternity care.
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Question reference: S6W-08821
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to FIVEXMORE's Black Maternity Experiences Survey, in particular the finding that 43% of respondents reported feeling discriminated against during their maternity care.
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Question reference: S6F-01175
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2022
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the finding of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine report, Beds in the NHS, that, since 2010, 4,227 hospital beds have been taken out of active service in NHS Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01166
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Funding Council in light of the reported ongoing governance concerns at South Lanarkshire College.
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Question reference: S6O-01135
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how Historic Environment Scotland ensures that communities are adequately consulted when considering whether a building should be listed.
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