Portfolio Questions

Health and Sport

Kenneth Gibson S5O-04793
1. To ask the Scottish Government what the impact on Scotland might be of the UK health secretary not ruling out mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, and to what extent it considers that such a position could be exploited by conspiracy theorists and so-called anti-vaxxers.

Tom Arthur S5O-04794
2. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with amateur football organisations regarding the current COVID-19 restrictions.

Emma Harper S5O-04795
3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce in NHS Dumfries and Galloway an equivalent of the Highlands and Islands travel scheme, which allows patients to receive full, non-means tested reimbursement for travel for medical appointments over 30 miles.

Alex Cole-Hamilton S5O-04796
4. To ask the Scottish Government how it will respond to reports of increases in mental ill health as a result of the pandemic and the restrictions.

Angus MacDonald S5O-04797
5. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Forth Valley regarding capacity planning at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital Intensive Care Unit, in light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jamie Greene S5O-04798
6. To ask the Scottish Government how people with chronic health conditions are being supported to access GP services, in light of the added pressures resulting from COVID-19.

Andy Wightman S5O-04799
7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it collects data on the settings where COVID-19 is being transmitted within each local authority and, if so, whether it will publish this.

Maureen Watt S5O-04800
8. To ask the Scottish Government to what extent the suppression of COVID-19 infection rates has been impacted by licensing restrictions.