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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-42975

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the study budget for doctors undertaking postgraduate training or professional development must be used to pay for mandatory training.

Question reference: S6W-42977

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will call on the Scottish Health Technologies Group to reassess the case for implementation of genomic testing for breast cancer patients, specifically for those patients with lymph node-positive disease, to help ensure the right treatments are given to the right patients and to potentially save money and free up chemotherapy capacity within the Scottish healthcare system.

Question reference: S6W-42978

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to align Scotland's access to innovative genomic breast cancer diagnostics with the rest of the UK and other northern European countries, which already routinely use genomic tests to more accurately target treatment for postmenopausal lymph node-positive breast cancer patients, with a view to ensuring that patients in Scotland benefit from the same advances in evidence-based treatments and innovations.

Question reference: S6W-42979

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider instructing the Scottish Health Technologies Group to conduct a rapid review of its 2023 guidance on the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score test for postmenopausal lymph node-positive breast cancer patients, in light of new evidence reportedly demonstrating its potential to reduce chemotherapy use by over 50% and generate significant NHS Scotland efficiencies and cost savings.

Question reference: S6W-42617

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 December 2025
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 8 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42078 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 December 2025, what monitoring of NHS boards is being undertaken to ensure compliance with the law following the Supreme Court judgement.

Application of the law following the Supreme Court ruling remains a matter for Boards, in accordance with their own legal advice. As advised in response to your previous question answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 December 2025, we have written to Health Boards to reinforce the importance of ensuring that the law is followed, and the Supreme Court judgment implemented. We will continue to maintain dialogue with the Senior executives in the Boards to understand how they are progressing this work.

Question reference: S6W-42848

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what trauma-informed sexual health clinics are provided by each NHS board, and what (a) funding arrangements and (b) staffing they have.

Question reference: S6W-42845

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many country parks there are in Scotland, and who (a) owns and (b) manages each.

Question reference: S6W-42853

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings (a) the Scottish Ministers and (b) civil servants have had with representatives of Lomond Banks, and on what dates.

Question reference: S6W-42847

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it provides for country parks.

Question reference: S6W-42849

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38776 by Ivan McKee on 11 July 2025, whether it will provide an update on what planning applications called in by the Scottish Ministers have yet to be determined, and when they were first submitted for consideration.