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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 1 July 2025
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Question reference: S5W-09521

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 13 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what contact it has had with the Scottish Cot Death Trust since May 2016 regarding reducing sudden infant death syndrome and the promotion of safe sleep, including how the baby box might contribute towards this.

Question reference: S5W-09522

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 13 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had with the Scottish Cot Death Trust regarding the baby box scheme prior to it announcing the policy.

Question reference: S5W-09523

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 13 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what role the Scottish Cot Death Trust has played in the development of the baby box scheme.

Question reference: S5O-01132

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what assessment it has made of the danger of cyber-attacks on its IT systems.

Question reference: S5W-09274

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 16 May 2017 (Official Report, c. 15), how much the appointment of John Sturrock QC as the mediator in the talks will cost.

Question reference: S5O-00987

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2017

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will withdraw the planning consent that it issued in August 2015 for an incinerator facility at Whitehill in Hamilton.

Question reference: S5W-09027

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 9 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-07441 by John Swinney on 2 March 2017, what the timescale is for the group to report.

Question reference: S5W-08708

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2017

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 5 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that infants and young children are being registered as members of political parties and, in light of the potential impact on child welfare, whether it plans to discuss this with the Electoral Commission Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-08664

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many unique visitors there have been each month to its breastfeeding website, feedgood.scot; what the most popular pages on the site are, and how the number of unique visits compares with the previous site, feedgoodfactor.org.uk.

Question reference: S5W-08658

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 3 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05421 by Mark McDonald on 15 December 2016, what evidence it used to reach the decision to (a) include maternity pads in and (b) exclude sanitary pads from the baby box, and whether it will reconsider the decision regarding sanitary pads when the boxes are rolled out nationally.