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
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Question reference: S6W-10132
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08620 by Jenny Gilruth on 6 June 2022, whether it will provide an update on when it anticipates that it will be able to review the data and analysis from the UK Department for Transport e-scooters trial programme in England.
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Question reference: S6W-09558
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 29 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the role of social work does not become that of crisis response alone.
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Question reference: S6W-09462
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is being made available for children from economically and socially deprived communities over the summer holiday period.
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Question reference: S6W-09623
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 26 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards agreeing terms of reference for its Hate Crime Strategic Partnership Group, and what action it is taking to protect Muslim communities in Scotland from Islamophobic incidents until its new hate crime strategy is in place.
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Question reference: S6W-09260
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 18 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the group of symptoms experienced by women after receiving the Essure contraceptive implant should be recognised by health services as a specific medical condition.
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Question reference: S6W-09412
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that GPs and primary carers are trained to recognise and treat eating disorders.
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Question reference: S6W-09259
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the recommendations of the Ventilation Short-Life Working Group (a) were submitted to the Scottish Government and (b) will be published, and what the reasons are for any delay.
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Question reference: S6W-09146
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 1 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what budget was allocated to the Employability Fund in each year that it has run.
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Question reference: S6W-09140
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider undertaking a public awareness campaign, in collaboration with the Migraine Trust and NHS boards, in order to improve understanding of the range of migraine symptoms and reduce the stigma associated with migraine.
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Question reference: S6W-09189
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that community facilities for the most vulnerable people in the Lothian region, such as Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre and Braid Health & Wellbeing, are under threat due to the most recent local government funding settlement.
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