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: S5W-30272
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of heart valve disease as an underlying cause of a number of COVID-19-related (a) complications and (b) deaths.
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Question reference: S5F-04254
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 June 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 June 2020
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government will support community sport restarting as lockdown restrictions are lifted.
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Question reference: S5W-29052
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people with severe heart valve disease have access to minimally-invasive treatment that can reduce time spent in hospitals to help reduce their exposure to COVID-19 and its subsequent potential complications.
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Question reference: S5W-29051
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide treatment for people with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Question reference: S5F-04233
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2020
To ask the First Minister what consideration the Scottish Government has given to the impact of lockdown restrictions on people with dementia.
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Question reference: S5W-29386
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 June 2020
To ask to Scottish Government whether it plans to halt the current and any future planned emergency release of prisoners, in light of the Scottish Prison Service Early Release Tranche 1 Report showing that staff absence levels have fallen below the threshold for implementation of the emergency legislation, which is 20% of the total workforce.
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Question reference: S5O-04396
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that public transport in rural areas has sufficient capacity to meet demand.
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Question reference: S5W-29054
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to make an assessment of the reported increase in number of deaths from non-COVID-19-related diseases during the lockdown period.
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Question reference: S5F-04137
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 May 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 May 2020
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that obesity and diabetes increase an individual’s risk of contracting COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-28751
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the drug being tested as a possible treatment for COVID-19, what steps it is taking to ensure that there are adequate supplies of hydroxychloroquine to treat people with rheumatoid disease, and whether it can offer a similar assurance to that given by NHS England that it will maintain supplies for its service users.
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