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-01792
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the NHS budget is spent on general practice costs.
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Question reference: S6W-01793
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent GPs are employed.
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Question reference: S6W-01312
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Versus Arthritis campaign for a six-point support package to be provided to those waiting for joint replacements.
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Question reference: S6W-01191
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to (a) consult on and (b) implement the recommendations in its paper, Review of the Storage and Spreading of Sewage Sludge on Land in Scotland (The Sludge Review).
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Question reference: S6W-01190
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the findings of the study that it commissioned on the human health and environmental impacts of the use of sewage sludge.
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Question reference: S6W-01346
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how the level of uptake of (a) bowel, (b) breast and (c) cervical screening since its resumption compares with pre-COVID-19-pandemic levels.
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Question reference: S6W-01345
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of people currently awaiting an invitation for routine (a) bowel, (b) breast and (c) cervical screening.
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Question reference: S6W-01344
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to increase the uptake for the (a) bowel, (b) breast and (c) cervical national screening programmes.
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Question reference: S6W-00519
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards it has put in place to ensure that the investment it has made in the (a) research and development and (b) manufacturing in Livingston of Valneva’s inactivated whole virus COVID-19 vaccine, will not be used to fund shareholder pay-outs when the company lists on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Question reference: S6W-00579
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment that, by 2025, all adults who require rehabilitation will be able to access the necessary information and services, what action it is taking to ensure that people affected by aphasia following a stroke can access ongoing support in the community.