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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce legislation to appoint a commissioner for autism, learning disabilities and people with neurodivergence.
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To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09767 by Mairi Gougeon on 26 July 2022, whether it will confirm the timetable for publishing the report on bird stomach contents.
To ask the Scottish Government when the first results and reports will be available from the adult neurodevelopmental pathway pilot involving four Health and Social Care Partnership areas.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of any funding it has provided to charities for autism post-diagnostic support across Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government when its Autism and Learning Disabilities team last met with each of the Health and Social Care Partnership leads.
To ask the Scottish Government what data it holds on the length of time it has taken for applications to Redress Scotland to receive an outcome.
To ask the Scottish Government when the 4.5% pay increase for NHS staff will be implemented, and whether it will be backdated to 1 April 2022.
To ask the Scottish Government whether every state school currently has a defibrillator, and, if this is not the case, whether there are plans to ensure that all state schools have one.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of an NHS pilot scheme in England that gives high street pharmacies the power to refer patients for cancer scans and tests, whether it will consider trialling a similar scheme in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the Scottish Children’s Reporter in ensuring that all autistic young people undergoing referral are adequately supported, and what its position is on whether a disaggregation of Scottish Children's Reporter Administration data by individual disability, as opposed to "Disability" as a whole, would provide an important tool for identifying relevant needs.