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-04471
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 26 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the reported increase in delayed discharge cases in NHS Lothian.
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Question reference: S6W-03783
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that customers at hospitality businesses such as cafés, bars and restaurants are using the Check in Scotland and Test and Protect systems, in order to tackle the spread of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-03854
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address the reported survivability bias in the Cancer Patient Experience Survey to ensure that the experiences of patients with a less survivable cancer are captured.
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Question reference: S6W-02661
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01641 by Graeme Dey on 16 August 2021, whether it can confirm that there is no opposition from Transport Scotland to the application from the Ferymuir Gait site developer to secure planning permission for the access arrangements to the Ferrymuir Gait housing development to be amended, to allow for unrestricted access.
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Question reference: S6O-00446
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has issued related to the funding of ventilation in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-03941
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure the safety of club-goers, in light of reports of people being spiked by injection in nightclubs.
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Question reference: S6O-00380
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage the public to travel by bus, in light of reports that the recent Transport Scotland COVID-19 transport trends indicate that concessionary bus travel is down by 35% on pre-pandemic levels.
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Question reference: S6W-03853
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to join the National Pancreatic Cancer Audit.
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Question reference: S6O-00345
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to allocate additional funding in its forthcoming Budget to provide pay increases for frontline public sector workers.