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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 16 March 2025
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Question reference: S6W-23381

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S6W-23149

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21445 by Jenni Minto on 2 October 2023, whether it will provide an update on the development and delivery of the new national strategy for palliative and end of life care, including what was discussed at the Strategy Steering Group meeting on 14 September 2023, and what progress has been made in relation to the Strategy as a result of that meeting.

Question reference: S6W-23167

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to include Argyll and Bute Council in the Storm Babet Ministerial Taskforce.

Question reference: S6W-23166

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support will be provided to businesses in Argyll and Bute that have been impacted by damage as a result of Storm Babet, in light of reports of around half being unable to reopen and a cumulative financial deficit of nearly £1.3 million.

Question reference: S6W-23201

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many WTE training posts were not created in relation to the £3 million saving from the reprofiling of the Health workforce - Expansion Posts budget line, as set out in the letter of 21 November 2023 from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Finance and Public Administration Committee.

Question reference: S6W-23147

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle the reported growing demand for more intensive palliative care interventions.

Question reference: S6W-23204

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter of 21 November 2023 from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Finance and Public Administration Committee, what the total Primary Care Reform and Delivery budget was in 2023-24, and which parts of the Primary Care Reform and Delivery budget in 2023-24 have experienced “reductions, slippage and reprofiling”.

Question reference: S6W-23146

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the finding by Marie Curie that, by 2040, 60,000 people will be estimated to die with palliative care needs in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-23397

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set up a committee to examine the reported rising excess death rate in Scotland, in light of data from the National Records of Scotland showing that 3,255 excess deaths have taken place in 2023 so far.

Question reference: S6W-23145

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 6 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce stigma and discrimination against care experienced adults.