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-02422
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is promoting and encouraging an increase in employee-owned and co-operative models of businesses as part of the shift to a wellbeing economy.
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Question reference: S6O-02420
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether childminding development officers have a significant role to play in supporting and assisting childminders in their professional development.
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Question reference: S6O-02418
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the visual recorded interviews pilot, which involves Police Scotland recording the witness statements of adult and 16- and 17-year-old complainers involving allegations of rape and attempted rape, including any learning from the cases involved as they progressed through the courts.
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Question reference: S6O-02415
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plan, Cash-First: Towards Ending the Need for Food Banks in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-02406
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it and NHS Scotland are taking to implement the recommendations of the Cass Review into gender identity services for children and young people, as they apply to Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-02401
- Asked by: Stephanie Callaghan, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates that its recent £1.8 million investment will have on dermatology services.
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Question reference: S6O-02397
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the report by the taskforce to consider whether to extend wildlife crime investigation powers to the Scottish SPCA will be published.
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Question reference: S6O-02405
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many nursing and midwifery staff have left the NHS in the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S6O-02398
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce compulsory sales orders through its proposed Land Reform Bill, in light of its plans to address the need for effective, efficient and fair land assembly powers for public bodies, as referred to in the Bute House Agreement.
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Question reference: S6O-02411
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it plans to resume the Super Sponsor Scheme for Ukrainian refugees.
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