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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 6 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-42337

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to mandatory national reporting on corridor care in hospitals.

Question reference: S6W-42349

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to require Scottish Water to install monitors on all unsatisfactory overflows.

Question reference: S6W-42336

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all correspondence with the UK Government relating to the closure of the ExxonMobil ethylene plant at Mossmorran.

Question reference: S6W-42340

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that NHS boards record and publish corridor care data consistently.

Question reference: S6W-42345

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase patient capacity in community and social care settings in order to reduce hospital overcrowding.

Question reference: S6W-42362

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to support any local authorities that are experiencing budget pressures that are putting (a) school safety and (b) child protection services at risk.

Question reference: S6W-42321

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the full analysis underpinning its decision in March 2025 not to proceed with the Heat in Buildings Bill on the basis that the planned interventions did not decrease fuel poverty at the same time as decarbonise houses.

Question reference: S6W-42350

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address alleged dry weather sewage discharges reported by Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) and Environmental Standards Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-42358

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it currently provides to local authorities to support safety and violence prevention in schools.

Question reference: S6W-42347

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure 100% monitoring of combined sewage overflows by 2030.