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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 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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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 25 August 2025
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Question reference: S6O-01979

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish Budget 2023-24 will support the economic development and prosperity of the north east.

Question reference: S6O-01985

  • Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what plans it has to introduce free rail travel for companions of deafblind people.

Question reference: S6O-01971

  • Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to propose the scheduling of time for a ministerial statement on compulsory sale orders. 

Question reference: S6O-01967

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase voter turnout in both Scottish parliamentary and local government elections.

Question reference: S6O-01987

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it would remove its presumption against oil and gas from its Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan in the event that it received significant feedback in favour of such a move. 

Question reference: S6O-01977

  • Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any cost pressure on council budgets relating to private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts.

Question reference: S6O-01975

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the cost to the public purse will be of private finance initiatives and public private partnerships in 2023-24, and how this compares to 2022-23.

Question reference: S6O-01983

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the continued repair works to the M8 motorway in Glasgow, including on their financial implications.

Question reference: S6O-01970

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether any post-legislative reviews of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) Scotland Act 2022 are being conducted.

Question reference: S6O-01966

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will propose time for a parliamentary debate on the effective scrutiny of the Scottish Ministers.