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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

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Question reference: S5W-16920

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) the UK Government, (b) the UK Chamber of Shipping and (c) Cruise Scotland regarding the implications of Brexit and new border control arrangements on (i) port and harbour authorities and (ii) the cruise sector.

The Scottish Government holds regular and on-going discussions with the UK Government where we have highlighted the need to minimise any impact or disruption at our ports as a result of leaving the European Union, and that the best way of ensuring this is through continued membership of the Single Market and Customs Union.

Scottish Ministers and officials have also held several discussions with UK Chamber of Shipping, Cruise Scotland and the wider maritime industry around the implications of Brexit. This includes the Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland’s Place in Europe meeting the Chamber of Shipping, British Ports Association and UK Major Ports Group in London in February 2017. I attended a meeting of the British Ports Association Scottish Ports Group in April 2018, and the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity and Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs hosted a Scottish Cruise Summit in September 2017.

Question reference: S5O-02213

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in schools to address sectarianism.

Question reference: S5O-02064

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5W-15820

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) businesses and (b) individuals are regulated to operate in the facial aesthetics industry in Scotland.

This information is not held centrally. The regulation of independent clinics by Healthcare Improvement Scotland began in April 2016. Healthcare Improvement Scotland currently have 212 registered independent clinics which are run by a doctor, dentist, nurse, midwife or dental technician. This number includes all services that meet the definition of an independent clinic within the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and regulates all aesthetic procedures conducted within these premises.

Question reference: S5W-15821

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) businesses and (b) individuals that are regulated practitioners in the facial aesthetics industry in Scotland were (i) charged and (ii) convicted as a result of performing defective surgery in each of the last four years.

Question reference: S5W-15822

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) businesses and (b) individuals that are unregulated practitioners in the facial aesthetics industry were (i) charged and (ii) convicted as a result of performing defective surgery in each of the last four years.

Question reference: S5W-15823

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost to the NHS has been in dealing with patients who had defective dermal filling injections from (a) a regulated and (b) an unregulated practitioner in each of the last four years.

Question reference: S5W-15187

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many times in the last 12 months has the railway service in Inverclyde been affected by (a) the breakdown of a train, broken down by type of unit and (b) accidents involving vehicles at bridges, broken down by type of accident.

Question reference: S5F-02180

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 March 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 March 2018

To ask the First Minister what discussions she has had with the Prime Minister regarding Scottish Limited Partnerships and concerns regarding their reported involvement in facilitating organised crime.

Question reference: S5O-01908

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to people in Inverclyde in receipt of universal credit to assist them to have greater control over their household budget.