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-16898
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many Cabinet meetings took place in 2022, and how many times the Lord Advocate attended such meetings.
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Question reference: S6W-16901
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 19 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on what the (a) short- and (b) long-term impact will be of the reported pause to Scotland’s involvement in the Venice Biennale, in light of the exhibition's reported role in promoting Scottish arts and culture worldwide over the last 20 years.
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Question reference: S6W-15995
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 11 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it still has an inter-ministerial group on policy coherence for sustainable development, and, if so, how many times it has met since May 2021, and who its members are.
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Question reference: S6W-16015
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the letter from the Scottish Government’s Health Finance Directorate to NHS boards stating that all capital investment projects are paused and that only projects that are legally committed to will be funded for the financial years to 2025-26, whether the plans to build the Edinburgh Eye Pavilion replacement project will be delayed, and when it expects this project will be completed and the asset to be operational.
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Question reference: S6W-16045
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of primary care provision in Gilmerton.
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Question reference: S6W-16044
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has at any point offered, or signalled support for, health services as part of the Gilmerton Gateway project.
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Question reference: S6W-16043
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the adequacy of GP provision in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S6W-15999
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07586 by Patrick Harvie on 7 April 2022, for what reason it did not set out more detailed proposals on a Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill by the end of 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-16000
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11088 by Patrick Harvie on 29 September 2022, how many organisations it has engaged with since September 2022 regarding establishing a Future Generations Commissioner.