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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: S5O-00072

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what impact reductions in local government budgets are having on communities.

Question reference: S5W-00336

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has asked the Home Secretary (a) how many and (b) which Scottish social justice and environmental campaigns were targeted by the Special Demonstration Squad and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit.

Question reference: S5W-00603

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has asked the UK Government or Sir Christopher Pitchford to provide the list of over 100 Police officers who are alleged to have worked for the Special Demonstration Squad, given that Police Scotland officers and secondees may have been employed and, if so, whether it will publish the names listed.

Question reference: S5W-00604

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has asked the UK Government or Sir Christopher Pitchford how many undercover officers were working for the Special Demonstration Squad and National Public Order Intelligence Unit, given that Police Scotland officers and secondees may have been employed and, if so, whether it will publish the details.

Question reference: S5W-00488

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in implementing all of the recommendations in The Scottish Independent Review of the Use, Safety and Efficacy of Transvaginal Mesh Implants in the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Women: Interim Report.

All recommendations contained in the independent review's interim report have been considered, with focus on the following actions:

A revised patient information and consent leaflet for stress urinary incontinence.

A governance framework for multi-disciplinary teams treating women with these conditions.

A pathway of care for women seeking treatment for stress urinary incontinence; and a pathway of care for women experiencing serious complications.

The expert group is awaiting the independent review’s final report and until that has been published it does not consider it appropriate to take forward recommendations where important research findings are still awaited.

Question reference: S5W-00486

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action NHS boards have taken previously to deal with surplus to requirement obturator mesh devices, and whether there are plans for the current surplus devices to be (a) destroyed or (b) sent (i) to hospitals in the rest of the UK and (i) overseas, broken down by country.

Question reference: S5W-00497

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 16 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what minimum training is expected for people who work in child contact centres.

Question reference: S5W-00495

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 16 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when the last time a cabinet secretary or minister visited a child contact centre.

Question reference: S5W-00491

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many times the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has issued a medical device alert to healthcare professionals regarding polypropylene mesh devices.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has confirmed that it has not issued a medical device alert regarding polypropylene mesh implants. MHRA has stated that it continues to monitor and evaluate the safety and performance of these devices; they have not identified a robust body of evidence indicating any polypropylene mesh implants are unsafe requiring them to initiate any enforcement action against manufacturers in the UK under the European medical device regulations, and to the best of their knowledge neither has any other EU country or worldwide regulator.

Question reference: S5W-00492

Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many times it has met the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency since October 2015.