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-22121
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its implementation of the short-term recommendations from the Independent Review of Audiology Services in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-22120
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government’s proposal to hold a free vote in Parliament on phasing out smoking in England, whether it will replicate such a proposal for Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-22128
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its new palliative care strategy, in light of it initially being due in 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-22126
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a detailed explanation of what the process will be for selecting the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-22129
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to tackle the reported rising number of cases of sexually transmitted infections.
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Question reference: S6W-22123
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its Diet and healthy weight: monitoring report 2023 update.
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Question reference: S6W-22122
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all correspondence that it had with the British Dental Association Scotland between 1 October 2022 and 5 October 2023 regarding reform of the dental payment system.
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Question reference: S6W-22127
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 24 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 46 recommendations in the 2018 report, An Investigative Review into the process of establishing, managing and supporting Independent Reviews in Scotland, have been implemented.
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Question reference: S6W-21675
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether patients in Scotland can now view their bloodwork online, and, if so, for what reason there was reportedly a significant delay to this happening compared with England and Wales.
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Question reference: S6O-02558
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken any evaluation of the relative economic benefits of small modular nuclear reactors compared with other forms of energy provision.