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: S6O-04136
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase active patient registrations with NHS dentists.
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Question reference: S6O-04151
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement in its draft Budget 2025-26 that it plans to mitigate the UK Government’s two-child benefit cap policy in Scotland, what it estimates the cost will be of doing so, per affected child.
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Question reference: S6O-04133
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the proposal from Save Our Surgeries in Burghead and Hopeman to pilot a nurse-led service in the villages following the closure of their GP surgeries.
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Question reference: S6O-04134
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how its increased funding for mental health services will help improve access to psychological support for people with long-term conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease.
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Question reference: S6O-04135
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the expected health outcomes will be of the proposed increase in funding for Scotland’s NHS, as announced in the recent 2025-26 Budget statement.
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Question reference: S6O-04145
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement its ministers have had with Disabled People's Organisations to discuss any concerns of disabled people.
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Question reference: S6O-04152
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how the measures announced in its draft Budget 2025-26 will support its mission to eradicate child poverty.
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Question reference: S6O-04132
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to prevent the emergence of a franchise model of GP provision.
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Question reference: S6O-04121
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with supermarkets to discuss the stocking of Scottish own brand products.
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Question reference: S6O-04125
- Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote the Scottish food industry.
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