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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
  7. Current session: 14 May 2026 to 27 May 2026
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Question reference: S7W-00233

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards have a dedicated pathway for people with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorders.

Question reference: S7W-00239

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party commitment to introduce heart and lung health "MOTs", whether the funding for 2026-27 will be reprofiled from existing health and social care budgets.

Question reference: S7W-00240

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to build the remaining National Treatment Centres.

Question reference: S7W-00235

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of missing its March 2026 target, when it expects to eradicate all NHS waits of over (a) one and (b) two years.

Question reference: S7W-00238

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in regards to the Scottish National Party commitment to introduce heart and lung health "MOTs", what are the expected total (a) set-up costs and (b) running costs.

Question reference: S7W-00236

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party commitment to provide additional investment to reduce waiting times and waiting lists and deliver at least 50,000 operations and procedures within the first 100 days, how much additional funding will be provided and whether it will provide a breakdown of these additional operations and procedures by (a) speciality and (b) location.

Question reference: S7W-00241

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many health centres it plans to build in the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S7W-00237

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party commitment to introduce heart and lung health "MOTs", (a) (i) when and (ii) where the first health checks will be delivered and (b) how many people will have received checks by the end of 2026.

Question reference: S6W-44361

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43799 by Dorothy Bain on 11 March 2026, and in light of the answer only including selected examples, whether it will provide all the information requested regarding whether the Lord Advocate has ever contacted any minister or special adviser about any criminal case, aside from the case against Peter Murrell, and, if so, on what occasions, and who was contacted, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.

Question reference: S6W-44360

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43847 by Dorothy Bain on 11 March 2026, whether it will provide the information requested regarding how many times the Lord Advocate has advised ministers of an indictment in criminal cases, and in which cases, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.