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-01233
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (a) has or (b) plans to introduce a 24/7 rota to provide thrombolysis for stroke patients, and what the reasons are for the NHS board's position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-01518
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out on emissions from ferries, and how it will reduce carbon emissions in line with climate obligations.
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Question reference: S6W-01545
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it expects the MV Coruisk to re-enter service on the Clyde and Hebrides ferry network.
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Question reference: S6W-01466
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what new, specific and visible activities are taking place in Falkirk as a result of the work of the National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group.
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Question reference: S6W-01513
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide extra funding to support the chartering of vessels, in order to provide immediate, additional resilience on the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service (CHFS) network.
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Question reference: S6W-01517
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the scope of Project Neptune is, and whether there are limits on the recommendations that it can make.
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Question reference: S6W-01536
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18422 by Jeane Freeman on 13 September 2018, how many calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service have been responded to (a) within (i) under 10, (ii) 10 to 29, (iii) 30 to 59, and (iv) 60 to 120 and (b) over 120 minutes, in each year since 2018-19, broken down by triaged category of call.
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Question reference: S6W-01542
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the news release issued by CalMac Ferries on 24 August 2020, at which location dry dock maintenance work was carried out on each ferry, and how much of CalMac's expenditure was spent on procuring this work on each vessel.
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Question reference: S6W-01514
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out an open tender process for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service (CHFS) contract and, if so, when it is scheduled to begin.
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Question reference: S6W-01544
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that COVID-19 has had on the (a) number and (b) type of vehicles carried by the CalMac fleet.