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-23365
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to ensure that initiatives regarding Islamophobia in Scotland pay specific attention to any gendered nature of Islamophobia.
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Question reference: S6W-23364
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure scrutiny of Education Scotland and the Race Equality Action Plan, in light of the recommendations of the report of the public inquiry into Islamophobia in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-23267
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered targeting funding to ensure that people in Scotland who have recently been granted refugee status will not become homeless and/or potentially vulnerable to trafficking, in light of the UK Government reducing the notice period for leaving asylum accommodation to seven days.
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Question reference: S6W-22971
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the launch of Pancreatic Cancer UK’s report, Faster. Fairer. Funded., what assessment it has made of the merits of implementing an optimal care pathway for pancreatic cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-22970
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of pancreatic cancer survival rates in Scotland in relation to other comparable nations.
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Question reference: S6W-22985
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the implementation of the Shared Rural Network plans consider the most appropriate locations to place 4G masts for public benefit, in order to not unnecessarily damage wild land.
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Question reference: S6W-22878
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered extending concessionary travel for over-60s to include the Edinburgh Trams, in light of a reported reduction in the number of buses and trains running from West Lothian to Edinburgh city centre.
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Question reference: S6W-22876
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce the details and scope of the proposed independent review of Adult Disability Payments.
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Question reference: S6W-22687
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 20 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent estimate it has made of the total costs incurred per chronic kidney disease patient who undergoes dialysis treatment at home compared with dialysis treatment in hospital.
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Question reference: S6W-22686
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 20 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Kidney Care UK publication, Home Dialysis Energy Reimbursement in Scotland, what assistance it will offer to NHS boards to enable the full, fair and timely reimbursement of energy costs for kidney disease patients who undergo dialysis at home.