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: S6W-24337
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in flood prevention in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6T-01740
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the closure of Ardrossan Harbour’s Irish Berth for safety reasons after corrosion was reportedly uncovered during an inspection by divers.
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Question reference: S6W-24238
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government which over-the-counter medicines are available on prescription.
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Question reference: S6W-24239
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS has spent on providing over-the-counter medicines via prescription in the last year for which figures are available.
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Question reference: S6W-22200
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22009 by Michael Matheson on 11 October 2023, in light of its intention to "empower and support NHS leadership in the use of these new technologies, to help build and share a wider knowledge base, rather than appointing a single AI champion", how it plans to overcome any differing governance protocols across NHS boards in this context, and what its position is on whether not having a single artificial intelligence (AI) champion for all NHS boards will (a) inhibit innovation and (b) lead to the (i) delayed adoption and (ii) increased cost of new AI technologies.
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Question reference: S6W-23232
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage high-value medicines manufacturing in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-23984
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many rapid response fisheries compliance vessels are available at any one time to attend to issues in the Clyde marine region.
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Question reference: S6W-23983
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many warranted fishery officers are based in the (a) Oban, (b) Campbeltown and (c) Ayr fishery office, and how many additional warranted fishery officers were seconded to the Clyde marine region in each year from 2013-14 to 2023-24 inclusive.
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Question reference: S6W-23564
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people (a) had to be hospitalised and (b) died as a result of paracetamol overdose in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
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Question reference: S6W-23893
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shona Robison on 14 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on negotiations with COSLA to agree a new Fiscal Framework with local government.