Questions and answers
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: S6F-00947
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2022
To ask the First Minister what work is being done to extend the "warm Scots welcome" to Ukrainians arriving in the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-07138
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason raising the 100MW threshold to 300MW for innovation projects within the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas Decarbonisation (INTOG) planning process will create additional regional cumulative impacts, while allowing decarbonisation of oil and gas projects to progress with no individual project thresholds in place and without the same concern regarding cumulative impacts, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6O-00887
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is in place to assist GPs in certifying Power of Attorney documents.
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Question reference: S6O-00797
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how North Lanarkshire Council and other local authorities are supporting the roll-out of free bus travel for under 22s.
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Question reference: S6O-00775
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken in schools to promote the mental and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
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Question reference: S6O-00721
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support local authorities in dealing with instances of bullying in schools.
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Question reference: S6O-00674
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it has made available for those business sectors that were impacted by COVID-19 restrictions required to control the Omicron wave of infections.
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Question reference: S6W-05268
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what further consideration it has given to population-based recommendations and guidance on vitamin D supplementation, in light of Scotland's reported low vitamin D status and evidence that the vitamin may be able to play a role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, including in the study, Therapeutic and prognostic role of vitamin D for COVID-19 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 43 observational studies.
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Question reference: S6O-00619
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to encourage people, who are able, to donate blood, particularly during the winter period and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-04840
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to foster carers to enable a fostered young person to remain living with their foster family when they reach the age of 18.