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-39585
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have received mechanical thrombectomy treatment in each NHS board area in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-39570
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will support research into the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for long-term health conditions, including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID.
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Question reference: S6W-37444
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its 2014 public procurement policy note regarding illegal settlements, what action it has taken to prevent public funds being used for activities related to illegal Israeli settlements.
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Question reference: S6W-39575
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has carried out or commissioned into supporting (a) abattoirs and (b) mobile abattoirs in rural and island settings.
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Question reference: S6W-39555
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has paid to polling companies in each of the last five years, and which topics were polls held on.
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Question reference: S6W-39593
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of stroke patients who have experienced worsened clinical outcomes due to delays in receiving thrombectomy or thrombolysis treatment arising from limited service hours.
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Question reference: S6W-39578
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment made in the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 to provide financial support to the wool sector, what it is doing to fund crofter wool production and manufacturing businesses.
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Question reference: S6W-39592
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it collects data on stroke patients who were clinically eligible for thrombectomy or thrombolysis but did not receive treatment due to the lack of 24/7 service availability, and if so, whether it will publish this data.
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Question reference: S6W-39584
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-39106 by Ivan McKee on 8 July 2025, for what reason it chose to develop its own mobile app rather than co-opt the UK Government's mobile app for devolved public services.
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Question reference: S6W-39588
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted a workforce assessment to identify the staff that would be required to deliver thrombectomy services on a 24/7 basis.
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