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-05839
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take at a national level, following the publication of the British Academy of Audiology report on NHS Lothian's Paediatric Audiology Services.
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Question reference: S6W-05852
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 legislation in place.
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Question reference: S6O-00661
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what lessons it has learned from the pilot schemes introduced at the three sheriff courts, in Dundee, Hamilton and Paisley, to modernise summary courts.
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Question reference: S6W-05739
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 13 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the coronavirus legislation in place.
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Question reference: S6W-05484
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 legislation in place.
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Question reference: S6O-00589
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.
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Question reference: S6O-00599
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations it is making for the local government elections in 2022 in order that people can vote safely.
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Question reference: S6W-05243
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 December 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 16 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 legislation in place.
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Question reference: S6W-05056
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of the British Academy of Audiology report on NHS Lothian's Paediatric Audiology Services, requested by NHS Lothian following a review by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.
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Question reference: S6O-00522
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives from NHS Lothian to discuss their approach to the treatment of drug addiction.
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