Portfolio Questions

Health and Social Care Pam Duncan-Glancy S6O-00926 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking to tackle the reported staffing shortages within the NHS. Liam McArthur S6O-00927 2. To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the provision of community first responders in island communities. Graham Simpson S6O-00928 3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce neurodevelopmental assessment waiting times in Lanarkshire. Claire Baker S6O-00929 4. To ask the Scottish Government how it is targeting investment to improve services for people with problem alcohol use. Murdo Fraser S6O-00930 5. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to address reported workforce pressures in health and social care. Emma Harper 6. [Withdrawn] Stephen Kerr S6O-00932 7. To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it can provide regarding the support that is given to people who attend A&E between 5.30 pm and 9.00 am with suicidal intentions. Stephanie Callaghan S6O-00933 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 recently reaching the highest level since the pandemic began has impacted on its modelling and risk assessment regarding the ending of free testing for the general population from 30 April. Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Willie Rennie S6O-00934 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported ongoing shortage of social housing since 2007. Paul O'Kane S6O-00935 2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to support local authorities in providing adapted housing. Meghan Gallacher S6O-00936 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce the same proposals as the UK Government that will remove unsafe cladding from all medium- or high-rise buildings. Alex Cole-Hamilton S6O-00937 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what plans it has to tackle homelessness. Michael Marra S6O-00938 5. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve audit procedures for local authorities. Gillian Mackay S6O-00939 6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government to ensure that refugees arriving in Scotland from Ukraine have access to the resources that they need. Craig Hoy S6O-00940 7. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to engage local authorities in programmes to tackle the gap between Scotland's most affluent and most deprived communities. Brian Whittle S6O-00941 8. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that building standards on construction of new housing developments maximise energy efficiency and opportunities for renewable energy generation.