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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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 11 August 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39442

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the longest a patient in NHS Grampian has waited for cataract surgery was 1,253 days.

Question reference: S6W-39449

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many cataract surgeries have been (a) cancelled and (b) rescheduled in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-39454

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ recent warnings about cataract surgery capacity.

Question reference: S6W-39474

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many patients who died in former psychiatric hospitals were buried in unmarked graves.

Question reference: S6W-39473

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what financial assistance is available to volunteers and researchers who wish to access the records of patients who died while being treated at former psychiatric hospitals.

Question reference: S6W-39447

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients are on a waiting list for cataract surgery, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-39448

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated to reduce cataract surgery backlogs in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-39320

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking as a result of the newly published transitions to adulthood strategy to ensure that parents and carers have the right information when they need it.

Question reference: S6W-39344

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the reported findings of the independent evaluation of the Just Transition Fund, what its position is on how spending £43 million of public money to create 110 jobs can be justified, in light of reports of workers and communities in north east Scotland continuing to experience job insecurity and uncertainty.

Question reference: S6W-39345

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the funding to support a just transition for Scotland is structured as (a) grants and (b) loans or investments, and what its position is on how these proportions impact the sustainability of job creation.