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-06472
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support patients to access GP services in Inverclyde.
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Question reference: S6W-06597
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support it is providing to ensure that anyone with a learning disability, who wishes to, can access the COVID-19 booster vaccination programme, including through home visits where required.
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Question reference: S6W-06595
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how accessible the COVID-19 booster vaccination programme is for people who have a learning disability, including on the accessibility of information about how to access the programme, and whether it will provide details of the system that is in place to identify people with a learning disability who are eligible for a vaccination.
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Question reference: S6W-06596
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that everyone with a learning disability has access to clear and understandable information about the COVID-19 booster vaccination programme, including the provision of easy read information.
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Question reference: S6W-06594
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether everyone who has a learning disability has now been identified via GP practice data in relation to the COVID-19 booster programme, in light of the announcement in February 2021 that people with a learning disability were to be included in priority group 6 for the vaccine, and what steps have been taken since February 2021 to enable this.
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Question reference: S6F-00854
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2022
To ask the First Minister what urgent steps will be taken to address lung disease in Scotland, in light of the reported comments of Asthma + Lung UK Scotland that “the state of lung health in Scotland is shameful, with over 7,000 people dying a year".
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Question reference: S6W-06471
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what capital investment plans are in place for the delivery of new health and social care centres in Gourock and Port Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6W-06292
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-06291
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to installing defibrillators in all schools.
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Question reference: S6W-06426
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and (b) Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health and Sport last met the (i) Chair and (ii) Lead Clinician of the National Advisory Committee responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Respiratory Care Action Plan.
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