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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: S4O-01782

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing last met the chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what was discussed.

Question reference: S4O-01718

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth last met the chief executive of Scottish Enterprise and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S4O-01670

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice last met the chief executive of the Scottish Court Service and what was discussed.

Question reference: S4W-11529

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the expert group announced in its news release of 5 October 2012, Expert group to examine opiate replacements, will accept external written submissions to support evidence gathering.

Question reference: S4W-11527

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the membership will be of the expert group announced in its news release of 5 October 2012, Expert group to examine opiate replacements.

Question reference: S4W-11534

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when the report by the expert group announced in its news release of 5 October 2012, Expert group to examine opiate replacements, is due to be published.

Question reference: S4W-11530

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the expert group announced in its news release of 5 October 2012, Expert group to examine opiate replacements, will accept external oral submissions to support evidence gathering.

Question reference: S4W-11648

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list the opiate replacements that will be reviewed by the expert group announced in its news release of 5 October 2012, Expert group to examine opiate replacements.

Question reference: S4W-11531

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what success outcomes for (a) patients and (b) society the expert group announced in its news release of 5 October 2012, Expert group to examine opiate replacements, will consider; how these outcomes relate to recovery, and how they will be (i) monitored, (ii) recorded and (iii) published to identify whether the Road to Recovery is successful.

Question reference: S4W-11533

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what critical appraisal methodology the expert group announced in its news release of 5 October 2012, Expert group to examine opiate replacements, will use and whether the graded evidence will be published when the report is concluded.