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: S6W-04092
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will report on the findings from the five pilot local authorities regarding extra funded childcare from 2021, and if so, whether it will include any feedback from parents who were able to automatically defer their child’s school start date.
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Question reference: S6O-00370
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that those who are entitled to and require a COVID-19 vaccine passport exemption letter can receive one.
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Question reference: S6W-03462
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, under section 8N sub section (2) of its draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, what constitutes “manifest public policy”.
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Question reference: S6W-03464
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what advice it has given to the Scottish Prison Service regarding the safe provision of custody arrangements for persons who make a self-declaration under the proposed provisions in its draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, including in relation to whether this declaration is made before trial, during trial or after conviction.
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Question reference: S6W-03465
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether provision will be made to ensure protection for persons authorised to solemnise a marriage to refuse, on grounds of religious belief or consciousness, to conduct a marriage of a person who makes a self-declaration under the proposed provisions in its draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-03463
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to protecting schools, colleges, charities and other amateur sports groups that may attempt to exercise their rights under section 195 of the Equality Act 2010 in reference to persons who make a self-declaration under the proposed provisions in its draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-03466
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the current waiting times are for people to get an initial appointment at an NHS Gender Identity Clinic, and whether these waiting times have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-03522
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken to assess how autism diagnosis waiting times could be routinely recorded and published.
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Question reference: S6O-00319
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are currently in place to ensure the protection and preservation of war memorials.
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Question reference: S6W-03677
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to consult on legislation to extend the framework for the licensing of activities involving animals to include dog (a) walking, (b) grooming and (c) boarding services.