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-26562
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the implementation of the recommendations made by the Independent Review of Inspection, Scrutiny and Regulation of Social Care in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-26563
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, when it is designing new policies, how it ensures that an assessment is made of any potential impact that a policy may have on older people.
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Question reference: S6W-26561
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the power of attorney rights of care home residents are upheld.
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Question reference: S6W-26492
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to epilepsy charities since March 2017.
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Question reference: S6W-26489
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24374 by Fiona Hyslop on 19 January 2024, on what date in spring 2024 it expects the legal process regarding access to Ferrymuir Gait to be concluded.
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Question reference: S6W-26004
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering sustainable and recurring funding for NHS boards for the direct provision of diabetes technology.
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Question reference: S6W-26075
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the expert advisory group’s work regarding the roll-out of a national targeted lung cancer screening programme, including what the expected timeline is, and what additional capacity and investment is required.
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Question reference: S6W-25627
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 18 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding UK-wide legislation to exonerate sub-postmasters and mistresses who have been wrongfully convicted as a result of the reported issues with the Post Office accounting system, Horizon.
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Question reference: S6W-25534
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 9 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the cost of the proposed Winchburgh train station development.
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Question reference: S6W-25552
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 9 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out a weighted evaluation of any (a) environmental and (b) economic benefits of the proposed Winchburgh railway station compared with other regional railway stations that have been completed in the last five years, such as Reston, East Linton and Robroyston.