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
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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Question reference: S6O-02522
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Question reference: S6O-02517
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Fraser of Allander survey that found that only 9% of businesses felt that the Scottish Government understands the business landscape in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-19503
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress regarding the recommendations made in June 2021's National Review of Eating Disorder Services.
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Question reference: S6W-19304
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government by what date eligible stroke patients in the NHS Forth Valley area will routinely gain access to a thrombectomy service.
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Question reference: S6W-19301
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether all patients who have a stroke will now receive a standard of stroke care as described by the updated national clinical guideline for stroke.
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Question reference: S6W-19302
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to assure stroke stakeholders that (a) the updated national clinical guideline for stroke is embedded into the care provided by NHS Boards and (b) those who experience a stroke are gaining optimal benefit from this new published knowledge.
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Question reference: S6W-19303
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what savings have been made to date as a result of Scotland’s thrombectomy provision; how any such savings have been used, and what any additional anticipated savings are once (a) the thrombectomy hubs become fully utilised and (b) thrombectomy is available across the whole of Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-19104
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the development of its refreshed tobacco action plan, which is due to be published in autumn 2023, whether it will consider including the introduction of regulations similar to those recently announced in Canada, which require health warnings to be printed directly onto individual cigarettes, in order to encourage adults who smoke to quit, to protect young people and non-tobacco users from nicotine addiction, and to further reduce the appeal of tobacco.
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Question reference: S6W-19000
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support any businesses that have invested in improving broadband connections and the customers who rely on them, in light of reports that the fibre broadband infrastructure provider, Broadway Partners, has entered into administration due to rising interest rates and the freezing of R100 funding pending a timeline review.
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Question reference: S6O-02439
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest Recorded Crime in Scotland statistics, which show an increase in the overall level of crime in Scotland.