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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: S5F-04747

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 January 2021

To ask the First Minister what her response is to the announcement that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be operated by the UK Government and not by the Scottish Government and the other devolved administrations.

Question reference: S5O-04941

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the decision by the Lord President to reduce the number of criminal trials, what further support it will provide to victims.

Question reference: S5O-04675

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill will give increased protection to people of any religion.

Question reference: S5W-31993

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kate Forbes on 24 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to each ministerial portfolio to support the policy response to the COVID-19 emergency.

The Scottish Government publishes its Autumn Budget Revision at 14:30 today. (Document no SG/2020/161)

This represents the second phase of the Scottish Government’s financial response to the COVID 19 emergency, building on the Summer Budget Revision published in May, along with the usual technical adjustments and transfers which are processed in budget revisions.

Document is available here www.gov.scot/isbn/9781800040854

Question reference: S5O-04637

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how COVID-19 has impacted on disabled people.

Question reference: S5T-02361

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 September 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what advice services are available to people across Scotland, and whether it considers that such services are adequate.

Question reference: S5O-04490

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 August 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of people having been discouraged from using public transport in recent months, how it plans to encourage the use of trains and buses once again.

Question reference: S5O-04470

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 August 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to prevent the persecution of raptors.

Question reference: S5O-04456

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what the extent will be of the remit of the Advisory Board on Social Renewal.

Question reference: S5W-29604

Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 17 June 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports from England that a woman took abortion pills at 28 weeks gestation, what assurances it can give that such practice is not possible in Scotland, as these pills can be posted out without a physical consultation with a medical professional.

A revised approval came into force on 31 March to help abortion services to continue safely during the COVID-19 outbreak. This enables early medical abortions to proceed via telemedicine and with a home delivery or collection of the package of mifepristone and misoprostol medication, where this is clinically appropriate for the patient. In line with Scottish Abortion Care Providers guidelines, abortion medication should only be taken at home where the patient’s pregnancy is under 12 weeks gestation.

Patients are still being seen in person where there are clinical reasons for this, including where there is uncertainty about the gestation of the pregnancy. We will continue to monitor progress with NHS Boards, but there is no evidence as yet of any increase in complications related to the new approval or of patients being able to take pills at home when their pregnancy was over 12 weeks gestation.