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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-38164

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to Healthcare Improvement Scotland's Unannounced Inspection Report: Maternity Services Safe Delivery of Care Inspection - Ninewells Hospital, how it plans to support maternity units to ensure that women are receiving acceptable levels of care and are able to maintain dignity at all stages of their care journey.

Question reference: S6W-38161

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recently reported research, which suggests that hundreds of lives could be saved every year with extra cancer scans for women with very dense breasts.

Question reference: S6W-38163

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how the policy and planning that it has put in place will address reported concerns by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights about "high rates of maternal mortality" and "disparities in access to sexual and reproductive health services" affecting women and girls in remote and rural areas.

Question reference: S6W-38162

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 17 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to invest in the provision of roof slating apprenticeship courses in Ayrshire, in order that young people in the area can benefit from the £300 million investment in heat and energy in line with the Just Transition Plan’s aims and objectives.

Question reference: S6W-37762

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of its Programme for Government 2025-26, what action it is taking to ensure that alcohol harm prevention is integrated into its health agenda.

Question reference: S6W-37765

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to increase the role of registered (a)(i) district, (ii) school and (iii) general practice nurses and (b) health visitors to help reduce health inequalities.

Question reference: S6W-37761

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 30 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve data collection across (a) social care, (b) general practice and (c) NHS services.

Question reference: S6W-37763

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what recent action it has taken to improve recruitment and retention within the nursing workforce, in light of the Royal College of Nursing’s report, The Nursing Workforce in Scotland 2025.

Question reference: S6W-37555

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support and improve the experiences of any women of Wigtownshire who have reportedly had to travel 80 miles to give birth without access to pain relief, in light of the increased risk of giving birth at the roadside. 

Question reference: S6W-37561

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to improve the reported lack of maternity care provision in Wigtownshire.