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 whether it plans to allow the COVID-19 vaccination status of people normally resident in Scotland to be recorded as fully vaccinated if they have received (a) an NHS-approved vaccine outside of the UK in an EU member state or as part of a UK vaccine roll-out overseas, (b) a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency or Swiss vaccination programme in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City and (c) a vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States; when it plans to implement any such changes, and what exemptions will be made for people normally resident in Scotland who work abroad and have received one or both doses of a vaccine in a country that is not included in any of these situations.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes in each parliamentary region is Warmworks Warmer Homes Scotland planning to improve to at least EPC grade C and by what date this work will be completed; how many homes in each region have received such assistance to date; what other schemes are working alongside Warmworks to ensure that no homes are listed below EPC grade C, and by what date this will be completed.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes there are in each parliamentary region, also broken down by how many have an EPC rating below grade C.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reintroduce face-to-face health visitor appointments for new mothers, in light of reports that NHS boards are currently only offering telephone and video appointments.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce a financial scheme to support the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel to run existing boilers, in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that, in NHS Grampian, the (a) average waiting time for the psychological therapy services is 28 weeks, with 240 people waiting and (b) current waiting for a first assessment for psychotherapy services is 32 weeks, with 124 people waiting, and what action it is taking to support the NHS board in reducing these times.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its review of the Scottish Strategy for Autism.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it (a) can take and (b) is taking to support the approval of further COVID-19 vaccines.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the suggestion that the TURAS vaccination management database should allow vaccination registrations to be added by GPs so that vaccines that have been administered abroad are recognised and recorded on the database.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01147 by Maree Todd on 29 July 2021, what measures it is taking to improve the efficacy of COVID-19 antibody testing, in light of reports that current testing is unreliable.