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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 15 January 2025
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Question reference: S6W-33240

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for a reintroduction of the school libraries strategy, which ended in 2023.

Question reference: S6W-33243

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Screening Committee will next meet, and whether lung cancer screening will be an item on the agenda.

Question reference: S6W-33247

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30182 by Jenni Minto on 8 October 2024, whether its draft Budget 2025-26 will impact on the National Thrombectomy Planning Board's plans for a phased approach to expanding thrombectomy services.

Question reference: S6W-33266

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce any risk from imported tree diseases and pests that threaten Scotland's native woodland and commercial forestry sectors.

Question reference: S6W-33249

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many students from Scotland have undertaken an exchange as part of the Scottish Education Exchange Programme in each of the last two years.

Question reference: S6W-33252

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings its ministers had with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks in 2024.

Question reference: S6W-33269

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20923 by Maree Todd on 26 September 2023, whether it can provide an update on progress with the implementation of Anne's Law, and whether it will be in force by the end of 2025.

Question reference: S6W-33256

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review its Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan in light of recent reports that UK natural gas reserves are, as stated by Centrica, “concerningly low”.

Question reference: S6W-33268

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting and resourcing local authorities to manage ash dieback effectively and to replace lost trees with appropriate species.

Question reference: S6W-33251

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether developers that construct and maintain pylons are required to pay non-domestic rates on the infrastructure that they install.