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: S6W-11586
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its progress regarding the (a) research into and (b) diagnosis and care of Long COVID.
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Question reference: S6O-01502
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help GPs manage their workloads.
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Question reference: S6W-11325
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the conclusion of its consultation on tightening the rules on advertising and promoting vaping products on 29 April 2022, what progress it has made to date on the matter.
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Question reference: S6W-11326
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to tackle any advertising and promoting of vaping products which may be seen as attractive to under-18s, following the conclusion of its consultation on tightening the rules on advertising and promoting vaping products on 29 April 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-11370
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to ensure that Ukrainian guests who are currently housed in hotel accommodation in Scotland will be appropriately housed when the current contractual arrangements that they have with the Scottish Government end, and how this will be achieved without adding to any existing housing pressures faced by the communities in which these hotels are located.
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Question reference: S6W-11055
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will monitor and review the effectiveness of accessible housing registers, as recommended in the Equality and Human Rights Commission report, Housing and Disabled People: Scotland’s Hidden Crisis, which was published in May 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-11054
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recommendations listed in the Equality and Human Rights Commission report, Housing and Disabled People: Scotland’s Hidden Crisis, which was published in May 2018, have been taken forward.
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Question reference: S6O-01422
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its target to eliminate two-year waits for outpatient appointments in NHS Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01365
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what work has been done to close the attainment gap.
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Question reference: S6O-01336
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the opening of its new Nordic office in Copenhagen.