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: S5W-18039
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the visit by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport to Dr Gray’s Hospital regarding the future of women's and children’s services.
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Question reference: S5W-17954
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making regarding proposals to designate Dr Gray’s Hospital a centre of excellence for innovation.
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Question reference: S5W-17952
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 20 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in response to the impact of the dry summer on the agricultural sector.
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Question reference: S5W-17959
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it undertook a risk assessment regarding the impact on the Scottish Ambulance Service and its staff of the decision to temporarily downgrade women and children’s services at Dr Gray’s Hospital and the anticipated increase in hospital transfers and, if so, whether it will publish the assessment.
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Question reference: S5W-17958
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when the new ambulance staff to be located in Moray will take up their posts.
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Question reference: S5W-17955
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the commitment to working in the NHS in Scotland for medical students studying in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-17709
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many newly-qualified doctors domiciled in Scotland there have been in each of the last five years, also broken down by destination.
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Question reference: S5W-17710
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 6 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to community initiatives aimed at reducing plastics waste.
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Question reference: S5W-17708
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government to what extent Scottish-domiciled doctors educated at Scottish medical schools are required to work in NHS Scotland following graduation, and whether it plans any additional measures to support such an outcome.
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Question reference: S5W-17713
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 August 2018
To ask the Scottish Government to what extent there is any evidence that newly-qualified doctors prefer to work at locations nearer to parts of the country from where they originate.