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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: S6W-07122

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it did not include in either the business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) of 2019 or the Final BRIA of 2021 of the Deposit Return Scheme an estimate of the total annual cost of loss of revenue for retailers that is attributable to the loss of floor space required for RVMs, and whether it will publish these calculations showing the full detail.

Question reference: S6W-07107

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity at the meeting of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on 25 January 2022 that "Circularity Scotland intends the reverse vending machines [RVMs] that it advises businesses to install to be compatible with future digital schemes", which includes a digital deposit return scheme, whether this requirement will be mandatory on the part of businesses; what extra costs that will entail to each business in relation to the most recent estimated cost of a minimum of £19,000 per machine; what steps it took to ascertain the cost impacts of requiring businesses to purchase or lease RVMs that are compatible in this way; what checking it undertook regarding whether it is possible to obtain RVMs that are compatible, and what choice there is of RVMs that have this compatibility that will ensure that competition applies in the RMV market.

Question reference: S6T-00610

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with DP World and P&O Ferries regarding the loss of jobs for ferry staff working out of Cairnryan.

Question reference: S6T-00613

To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any measures in place to prevent serious violent offenders from changing their names.

Question reference: S6F-00950

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the Spring Statement.

Question reference: S6F-00948

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that perpetrators of domestic abuse do not go on to reoffend.

Question reference: S6F-00947

To ask the First Minister what work is being done to extend the "warm Scots welcome" to Ukrainians arriving in the UK.

Question reference: S6F-00929

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to ensure that people are able to register with NHS dental practices and receive NHS dental treatments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6F-00925

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-00924

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.