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: S5W-30159
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people on the COVID-19 shielding list have died, and what information it has regarding how many died from conditions other than the virus.
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Question reference: S5W-30077
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding which care homes have been issued with faulty COVID-19 testing kits that are reportedly at risk from snapping during the test; how many such kits have been issued, and how many injuries have been reported as a result of the fault.
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Question reference: S5W-30330
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will run a public awareness campaign on legionella, with advice on how to manage water systems during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-29918
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it took in response to the publication of the Global Health Security Index 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-30307
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will engage the renewable energy industry in developing a green economic recovery to the COVID-19 public health emergency, and what discussions it has had with the sector during the pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-30171
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many vacancies there are in the social care sector, and what action it is taking to improve recruitment and retention ahead of winter.
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Question reference: S5W-30233
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to recompense patients who have received pain relief medication from private healthcare providers in England due to their usual treatments in NHS pain clinics in Scotland having been suspended since March 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-30234
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is undertaking, or plans to undertake, work to address the findings of the 2019 MBRRACE-UK report, Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care, which found that there is a five-fold difference in maternal mortality rates among women from Black ethnic backgrounds and an almost two-fold difference among women from Asian ethnic backgrounds, compared with white women.
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Question reference: S5W-30149
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have had a faecal immunochemical test delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what plans are in place to ensure that the people assumed most at risk are tested as early as possible.
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Question reference: S5W-30151
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each cancer screening programme have had their appointment delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.