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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 23 March 2025
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Question reference: S6O-04493

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated in its Budget for revenue and capital funding for Strathclyde Partnership for Transport for 2025-26.

Question reference: S6W-35395

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to implement its policy on taking a feminist approach to international relations.

Question reference: S6W-35396

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting human rights defenders in its partner countries, as part of its work through its International Development Fund.

Question reference: S6W-35394

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 18 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many times it has raised human rights concerns, including individual cases, with representatives of international governments since January 2023.

Question reference: S6O-04203

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of children and young people leaving school unable to swim.

Question reference: S6O-04109

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it determines what constitutes a major service change in the NHS.

Question reference: S6W-30354

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 30 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29171 by Kaukab Stewart on 3 September 2024, and in light of the commitment in its Programme for Government 2021-22 to act on inclusive communication, its consultation on new regulations between 2021 and 2022, its proposed new regulations in 2023, and its substantially revised proposals in July 2024 without consultation, when it (a) will start and (b) plans to finish the work detailed in its answer.

Question reference: S6W-30340

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29611 by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2024, what evaluation it has carried out regarding the impact on educational performance of providing around 280,000 free digital devices and 14,000 connectivity packages to learners, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.

Question reference: S6W-30357

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 29 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will specify the definition that it used to outline communities that could benefit from regulations on inclusive communication when determining its legal competence to introduce laws in this area.

Question reference: S6W-30356

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 29 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29171 by Kaukab Stewart on 3 September 2024, whether it will provide further details of the “restrictions related to legislative competence” that led to the decision to stop work on the proposed, and reportedly widely supported, new public sector equality duty on inclusive communication.