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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 29 June 2025
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Question reference: S6T-02279

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what early assessment it has made following the opening of the safer drug consumption facility, The Thistle.

Question reference: S6T-02277

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to prevent the spread of avian influenza, following the outbreak in Kirriemuir.

Question reference: S6F-03721

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025

To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is responding to reports that 182 sexual assaults, including rapes, have taken place in hospitals in the last five years.

Question reference: S6F-03720

  • Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential economic impact of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' reported £800 million investment in battery energy storage sites in Scotland.

Question reference: S6F-03699

  • Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025

To ask the First Minister, in light of the rise in the number of people under 50 being diagnosed with bowel cancer, what proposals the Scottish Government has to extend the national bowel screening programme to those under 50 years old.

Question reference: S6F-03696

  • Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-03694

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-03695

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-32623

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 13 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much was spent on staff (a) salaries and (b) travel expenses at each of its international offices in the last year.

Question reference: S6W-32691

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the average estimated cost to Police Scotland is of seizing and processing an illegal e-bike.