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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: S6W-41923
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether NatureScot has attended meetings of the Highland Council steering group that is dealing with the issues of seagull management, and, if not, for what reason.
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Question reference: S6W-41916
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether its position on the transfer of children's vaccinations to GPs by NHS Highland due to proceed in April 2026 has changed, and whether it will provide a detailed statement of the timetable for the processes involved in the transfer of this service to GPs.
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Question reference: S6W-41918
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the hybrid system of vaccinations of NHS Highland shared between its teams and GPs, what the estimated annual (a) extra costs of maintaining a dual system and (b) costs of each of the two parts of the service are, in each of the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-41913
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Public Health Scotland Board (a) currently receives and (b) formerly received regular updates regarding the uptake rates of the winter flu vaccine, and, if it no longer receives these updates, who decided to discontinue this practice, and for what reason.
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Question reference: S6W-41917
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate has been made of the extra costs of the continuance of a hybrid arrangement in NHS Highland for the delivery of vaccination services, with some provided by GPs and some by NHS Highland vaccination teams.
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Question reference: S6W-41924
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether NatureScot is implementing the work that the Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity announced it would commit to in his ministerial statement on 1 October 2025; what action he will take if NatureScot fails to implement the work, and whether he will exercise his power of direction to require NatureScot to deliver what he announced it would do.
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Question reference: S6W-41915
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland requires a vaccination distribution licence and, if so, what the reasons are for this, what the cost is of such a licence, and whether the cost requires to be met by NHS Highland.
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Question reference: S6W-41925
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding NatureScot's work on the issue of gull management, whether it has confidence in its CEO and Chair.
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Question reference: S6W-41920
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland has run a Hospital at Home programme, and, if so, what the cost has been to date, and how many patients have taken part in it.
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Question reference: S6W-41912
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the overspend by NHS Highland was in the financial year 2024-25, and whether it will provide a breakdown of this overspend.
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