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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 24 December 2024
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Question reference: S5W-21635

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Breast Cancer Now's call for women in their 30s with a family history of breast cancer to receive annual mammograms.

Question reference: S5W-21634

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of reports that over 230 victims of female genital mutilation (FGM) have been treated in Scotland's hospitals in the last two years.

Question reference: S5W-21644

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS has spent on international recruitment in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S5W-21572

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital porters in each NHS board (a) have been fully trained and (b) are being to trained to deal with clinical waste, also broken down by how many are on a six-month contract.

Question reference: S5W-21713

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the call by BMA Scotland for the NHS to publish details of racism against its staff.

Question reference: S5W-21396

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what that average waiting time is for accessing dermatology services, also broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-21395

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the BMA Scotland poll, which recorded that 38% of its members believed that bullying was a problem in their workplace.

Question reference: S5O-02958

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the red meat industry and what was discussed.

Question reference: S5W-21616

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20842 by Joe FitzPatrick on 16 January 2019, by what date it plans to publish its Respiratory Care Action Plan for Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-21568

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve early diagnosis of interstitial lung disease.