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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

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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 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S6O-01796

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Borders and NHS Lothian.

Question reference: S6O-01800

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with North Lanarkshire Council regarding a new-build Gartcosh Primary School.

Question reference: S6O-01784

To ask the Scottish Government how it takes the complexity of human behaviour into account during financial policy decision making.

Question reference: S6O-01777

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its Covid Recovery Strategy in light of rising COVID-19 infection rates.

Question reference: S6O-01773

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Parliamentary Business plans to propose the scheduling of time to consider legislation to end sex buyers' legal impunity as part of the business for the current parliamentary year.

Question reference: S6O-01782

To ask the Scottish Government what the continuing impact of Brexit is on Scotland’s key economic sectors.

Question reference: S6O-01793

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help increase public transport use in East Kilbride.

Question reference: S6O-01791

To ask the Scottish Government what economic analysis it considered prior to awarding ferry contracts reportedly worth £115 million to a shipyard in Turkey.  

Question reference: S6O-01778

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its longer-term, cross-government plan for COVID-19 recovery.

Question reference: S6O-01781

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has fully considered the economic consequences of its presumption against new oil and gas exploration, both to workers within the industry and to the wider Scottish economy as a whole.