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-00516
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact on the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in Livingston would be, should Valneva's inactivated whole virus vaccine not be approved for use.
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Question reference: S6W-00520
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many doses of the whole virus COVID-19 vaccine has Valneva been contracted to produce for (a) the NHS, (b) distribution to low-income countries, as a contribution to COVAX and (c) other high-income countries.
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Question reference: S6W-00517
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has invested in Valneva to fund the (a) research and development of an inactivated whole virus COVID-19 vaccine and, (b) expansion of the manufacturing capacity for the vaccine at its factory in Livingston.
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Question reference: S6W-00316
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S50-04973 by Jeane Freeman on 4 February 2021, whether it has further considered funding long-COVID clinics, to relieve pressure on GPs and provide quick access to specialist care.
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Question reference: S6W-00315
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) engage in and (b) fund research into the impacts of long-COVID.
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Question reference: S6W-00568
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it uses to determine whether countries are listed as (a) red, (b) amber or (c) green on its international travel and managed isolation regime.
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Question reference: S6W-00317
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Education or (b) Minister for Higher Education and Further Education, Youth Employment and Training has (i) met or (ii) exchanged correspondence with the (A) management and (B) lecturers’ union at Forth Valley College, with regards to ongoing industrial action.
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Question reference: S6F-00084
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 June 2021
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to improve trans and LGBT+ healthcare.