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-23828
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support women with ovarian cancer in rural and remote areas, where access to treatment may be lacking.
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Question reference: S6W-23826
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of ovarian cancer treatment waiting times, and what strategies have been implemented to reduce any backlog.
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Question reference: S6W-23830
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21016 by Michael Matheson on 19 September 2023, whether it will provide further details of what was discussed in the meeting between the Deputy National Clinical Director, Scottish Government officials, the Northern Cancer Alliance and the South East Scotland Cancer Network.
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Question reference: S6W-23898
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the commitment made in the Strategic Framework for Action on Palliative and End of Life Care to ensure that “by 2021 everyone who needs palliative care will have access to it” has reportedly not been delivered.
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Question reference: S6W-23899
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its palliative care strategy, which had initially been due in 2021, has not yet been published.
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Question reference: S6W-24042
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have been treated for long COVID by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in each year from 2021 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-24043
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide a full list of long COVID services being offered by each territorial NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-23894
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether provision to match NHS pay awards in the charitable hospice sector to ensure pay parity will be included in the upcoming Budget for 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-23801
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government where premature babies that require level 3 care will be transferred to from NHS Lanarkshire if full capacity in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has been reached.
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Question reference: S6W-23797
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken in relation to ensuring the safety of premature babies being transported long distances from hospitals in North Lanarkshire to Aberdeen, in light of the distance of travel.
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