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: S6W-31687
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of job losses in (a) shellfish fishing, (b) sea angling, (c) tourism and (d) other sectors that have been reportedly caused by the salmon farming industry in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-31728
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether Transport Scotland has carried out an assessment of the use of Starlink on ScotRail services, in light of the proposed appointment of Elon Musk as a member of the Cabinet of the Government of the United States.
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Question reference: S6W-31829
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether all parts of the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area have access to home ear wax removal, and, if this is not the case, which parts of the NHS board area do not currently have access to this service.
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Question reference: S6W-31822
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided towards research on (a) strokes, (b) heart disease, (c) cancer, (d) hearing loss and (e) sight loss in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-31842
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent data is for participation in physical education among school pupils, broken down by (a) year group, (b) gender and (c) local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-31838
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that increases in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) staff numbers are consistent and proportionate across NHS boards.
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Question reference: S6W-31832
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to make the legal process of getting married more equitable.
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Question reference: S6W-31825
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have had treatment in a private hospital paid for by the NHS in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-31837
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the Scottish Biodiversity Delivery Plan 2024–2030 on 27 November 2024, how it will increase public grant support to levels that will meet its ambition to regenerate native woodland landscapes, particularly to reduce the browsing impacts from deer and sheep
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Question reference: S6W-31823
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many road accidents there have been in each of the last five years in which a (a) defective and (b) poor road surface was recorded as a contributory factor, broken down by local authority area.
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