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-03742
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the modelling on Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol by the University of Sheffield in 2016, which reportedly stated that a MUP of 60p would prevent twice the number of deaths and reduce hospital admissions by half compared with a MUP of 50p, whether it has commissioned any further modelling on this.
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Question reference: S6W-03745
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when its consultation on alcohol marketing will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-03746
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether its consultation on alcohol marketing will include proposals to curb alcohol industry sponsorship of sports.
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Question reference: S6W-03744
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the timetable for its review of the level of Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol, which was previously due by May 2020; whether it anticipates any further delays, and, if so, for how long.
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Question reference: S6T-00225
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of NHS Lanarkshire moving to the highest risk level, black, and cancelling elective care, including some cancer procedures.
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Question reference: S6W-03319
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of vehicles in each local authority bus fleet are low-emission, and how this compares with each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-03318
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Transport Scotland to discuss low-emission zones.
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Question reference: S6W-03409
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it will make available to local authorities to assist pensioners to install smoke alarms in their homes to comply with new fire safety legislation coming into force in February 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-02851
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will give effect to "Anne’s Law" by granting care home relatives designated legal status.
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