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: S5W-09239
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport on 16 May 2017 (Official Report, c. 4), what instructions the cabinet secretary issued prior to the recent cyber-attacks to (a) civil servants and (b) organisations and agencies for which she has responsibility, to improve resilience against such incidents.
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Question reference: S5F-01306
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 May 2017
To ask the First Minister, in light of her expressing the view that the NHS pay cap is "unsustainable", whether the Scottish Government will provide details of the submission it made to the pay review body.
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Question reference: S5W-08625
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5W-08238 by Aileen Campbell on 29 March 2017, whether it has undertaken any modelling to assess how many people will need to be treated for hepatitis C between 2020 and 2030.
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Question reference: S5W-08842
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the incidence of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs has been in each of the last eight years.
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Question reference: S5O-00983
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the next phase of its benefit uptake campaign will begin; how long the phase will run, and who the target audience will be.
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Question reference: S5W-08566
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on establishing a network of (a) specialists and (b) centres of excellence to deal with (i) fungal lung conditions and (ii) occupational lung diseases.
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Question reference: S5O-00969
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on what the top rate of income tax should be.
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Question reference: S5W-08568
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to raise awareness of occupational respiratory disease among (a) employers, (b) employees and (c) clinicians in primary care.
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Question reference: S5W-08572
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it protects (a) children and (b) adults from lung conditions related to (i) mould, (ii) damp and (iii) fungus.
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Question reference: S5W-08569
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 26 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it can provide to encourage the use of the Oasys computer program to help measure work-related asthma, and whether the NHS offers guidance to ensure that robust systems are in place to protect employees from such conditions.
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