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-09067
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of anti-abortion gatherings at healthcare settings, what discussions it has had with trade unions regarding (a) the reported harassment and intimidation of patients and staff and (b) proposals for harassment-free buffer zones at these facilities.
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Question reference: S6W-09065
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the Chief Executive of Scottish Care has said that the requirement for 10,000 people with advanced dementia to pay for healthcare is a "moral outrage" and that this would be free if they had any other terminal illness.
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Question reference: S6W-09066
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce measures to reduce cigarette butt pollution as part of its work to reduce the amount of single-use plastic items.
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Question reference: S6W-08906
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider allowing refugees from Ukraine who are students and have relocated to Scotland to access the International Students’ Emergency Fund, including to meet the costs of continuing tuition with a university in Ukraine.
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Question reference: S6W-08902
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the locations of all public electric vehicle charging points are in the Central Scotland parliamentary region, and how many are free to use.
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Question reference: S6W-09070
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported comment by the Royal College of Nursing Scotland that fewer than a quarter of shifts had the planned number of registered nurses on shift, by what date the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 will be implemented.
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Question reference: S6W-08905
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the Bus Priority Rapid Deployment Fund has achieved.
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Question reference: S6W-08844
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Leukaemia Care campaign report, Left to #WatchWaitWorry: The experience of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) patients living on Watch and Wait, and how patients in the "active monitoring" stage of their diagnosis are being supported.
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Question reference: S6W-08904
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £500 million committed in the Programme for Government 2019 for bus priority has been spent.
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Question reference: S6W-08903
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to introduce priority bus lanes on motorways and trunk roads, and when it anticipates this work will be completed.
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