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-09084
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns of the pest control industry regarding the impact that banning glue traps might have on their ability to deal with infestation outbreaks.
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Question reference: S6O-01225
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to allow people who are seeking treatment for addiction to retain their tenancies through continued housing payments.
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Question reference: S6O-01210
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, with regard to the recruitment of consultant oncologists in NHS Tayside, how many candidates have proceeded to interview stage to date and from which countries.
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Question reference: S6W-08629
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of waste from NHS hospitals was recycled in each of the last five calendar years.
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Question reference: S6W-08631
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that clinicians are acting in accordance with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ recently-released clinical guidance on sepsis, in light of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) reportedly having also agreed to update its guidance on sepsis.
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Question reference: S6W-08630
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason patients with sepsis in Scotland are reportedly instructed to access healthcare using a different symptom list to other parts of the UK, and what steps are being taken to ensure that clinician recognition criteria are aligned with their equivalents in other parts of the UK, using standardised guidelines for recognition and management.
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Question reference: S6W-08628
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of packaging from theatre equipment at NHS hospitals was recycled in each of the last five calendar years.
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Question reference: S6O-01157
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on any difficulties faced by veterans in Scotland, including on the prevalence of mental health issues and drug and alcohol abuse.
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Question reference: S6W-08164
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 April 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03513 by Humza Yousaf on 8 November 2021, what development plans it has for Scotland’s genetic laboratories and frontline genetics services, and what investment it will make in the current financial year to support the delivery of any plans.
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Question reference: S6W-08168
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 April 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a genomic diagnostics strategy, and, if so, when.