First Minister’s Questions – 23/03/2023

Join us for Nicola Sturgeon’s last First Minister’s Questions, live from the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, starting with General Questions to Ministers.

Scottish Parliament – First Minister’s Questions.

11:40am General Questions

Meghan Gallacher S6O-02053
1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it produces guidance for local government on how allegations of sexual misconduct against councillors should be handled.

Clare Adamson S6O-02054
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what its initial assessment is of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on Scotland’s economy.

Edward Mountain S6O-02055
3. To ask the Scottish Government when it will begin to set out its proposals for the NHS Scotland Infrastructure Investment Plan, post-2026, in relation to new-build hospitals.

Colin Smyth S6O-02056
4. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle the reported exodus of dentists from NHS dentistry.

Willie Rennie S6O-02057
5. To ask the Scottish Government what its repose is to reports that GPs are working at “unsafe levels” and that patient numbers have increased significantly at a third of practices.

Rona Mackay S6O-02058
6. To ask the Scottish Government when it last assessed access to GP services in rural areas.

Stephen Kerr S6O-02059
7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the status of NHS Forth Valley since its escalation to Stage 4 of NHS Scotland’s National Performance Framework.

Colin Beattie S6O-02060
8. To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to eliminate any spillages of sewage from the sewer network into rivers and lochs.

 

12:00pm First Minister’s Questions

Douglas Ross S6F-01934
1. Question to be taken in Chamber.

Anas Sarwar S6F-01935
2. Question to be taken in Chamber.

Alex Cole-Hamilton S6F-01944
3. To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Fiona Hyslop S6F-01959
4. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the AR6 synthesis report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Stephen Kerr S6F-01940
5. To ask the First Minister what the outcomes have been of the Scottish Government’s “defining mission” to tackle the poverty-related attainment gap.

Jackie Baillie S6F-01960
6. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to tackle the reportedly high levels of delayed discharge, which are estimated to have cost over £161 million in 2022-23 to date.

 

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