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: S5F-02197
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2018
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to reassure and protect communities in response to the "punish a Muslim" campaign.
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Question reference: S5T-00987
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the response to, and the impact of, the contamination of water at the cancer ward at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S5O-01900
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Health and Social Care Staff Experience Report 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-14947
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government which (a) health and social care partnerships and (b) NHS boards provide wheelchair loans to people with short-term mobility needs.
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Question reference: S5W-14948
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the levels and adequacy of short-term mobility aids provision.
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Question reference: S5W-14489
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many positions that have been offered by hospitals to doctors living outwith the UK in each of the last three years remain unfilled due to visa refusals, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5F-02133
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2018
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to figures that show black and Asian people in Scotland are more likely to be stopped and searched.
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Question reference: S5O-01846
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that people with a violent or threatening past do not work directly with vulnerable patients in health and social care settings.
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Question reference: S5W-14553
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of a fast-track crisis grant fund for reunited refugee families.
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Question reference: S5W-14317
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 February 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the NHS gets best value for new medicines.