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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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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
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Question reference: S4F-02444

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2014

To ask the First Minister what response the Scottish Government has received to its representations to the UK Government regarding the implications of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership for health services in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-03771

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage people to attend further education courses.

Question reference: S4W-22798

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been referred to the Edinburgh transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) centre since October 2012; how many were approved to receive TAVI; how many reverted to conventional surgery, and how many reverted to no procedure and palliative care.

Question reference: S4W-22842

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 4 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what the salary has been of each (a) university and (b) college principal or chief executive officer in each of the last five years, and what the annual change in salary has been expressed as a percentage.

Question reference: S4W-22723

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a register of interests for all members of the independent review group considering the safety of mesh devices.

Question reference: S4W-22689

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has received regarding any conflicts of interest in relation to the EC Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks working group on the safety of surgical meshes used in urogynecological surgery.

Question reference: S4W-22691

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government from what manufacturers NHS boards have purchased mesh devices and what information it has on whether any manufacturers found liable of providing defective devices in US courts have supplied mesh devices to NHS boards in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-22680

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the letter dated 16 July 2014 from the Deputy Chief Medical Officer to medical directors is consistent with the advice of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing that NHS boards suspend the use of mesh devices pending the results of an independent review.

Question reference: S4W-22694

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what concerns it has regarding the potential financial implications of litigation in relation to defective mesh devices.

Question reference: S4W-22695

  • Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 29 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the discussion of the matter at the meeting of the Working Group on Transvaginal Mesh Implants on 18 June 2013, whether discussions have taken place with NHS management regarding the potential financial resource implications in relation to the multi-disciplinary approach to complications with mesh surgery.