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: S6W-28725
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the 2022 report by Endometriosis UK, Analysis of Endometriosis Service Provision in Scotland, which suggested that the average length of time from the onset of symptoms of the condition to diagnosis was 8.5 years, with 32% of women waiting over 10 years, what action it has taken to reduce the waiting time for diagnosis, and what analysis it has carried out of the effectiveness of this.
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Question reference: S6W-28731
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to the National Wellbeing Hub for health and social care workers in each year since 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-28736
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason additional grid capacity and infrastructure at Bearholm substation has reportedly been granted planning permission, in light of the Rivox and Scoop Hill Windfarm planning applications reportedly having not yet been determined.
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Question reference: S6W-28733
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of increasing water bills on households during the cost of living crisis, and specifically by consumer price inflation (CPI) plus 2%.
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Question reference: S6W-28750
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the review into neonatal deaths in Scotland between April 2021 and March 2022, which was led by Dr Helen Mactier.
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Question reference: S6W-28734
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to measure water quality.
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Question reference: S6W-28754
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the current rules on the use of netting on buildings to prevent birds from nesting or roosting, with a view to requiring the use of alternative approaches and reducing harm to wild birds.
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Question reference: S6W-28748
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the accessibility of streets across Scotland, and what plans it has to develop consistent and enforceable national standards.
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Question reference: S6W-28746
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any future discussions planned with NHS Dumfries and Galloway regarding the future of Galloway Community Hospital.
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Question reference: S6W-28727
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the Acorn carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) project in St Cyrus will receive the full £80 million in funding that it earmarked towards it in January 2022.
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