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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. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
  7. Current session: 14 May 2026 to 12 June 2026
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Question reference: S7O-00018

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether there should be parity of access to justice for all former patients affected by the actions of Sam Eljamel, regardless of whether treatment was received through NHS Tayside or privately.

Question reference: S7O-00014

To ask the Scottish Government how it will support Police Scotland and local authorities to tackle youth disorder over the summer months.

Question reference: S7O-00006

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the resilience of island communities.

Question reference: S7O-00019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported growing number of people swimming in Scotland's open waters, what consideration it is giving to introducing legislation equivalent to the Clean Water Bill that is being brought forward by the UK Government.

Question reference: S7O-00005

To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports a market economy and the role of the price mechanism within it.

Question reference: S7O-00013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to address reported concerns that implementing recent Equalities and Human Rights Commission guidance on single sex spaces will put at increased risk both transgender people and cisgender people who present in gender non-conforming ways.

Question reference: S7O-00003

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it will undertake of any impact of its planned public sector reform on employment in Inverness and Nairn.

Question reference: S7O-00016

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of future journey times on cross-border services between Scotland and London once HS2 is operational, including how passenger service and demand will be affected.

Question reference: S7O-00012

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to address harm caused by disinformation and conspiracy theories, including climate denial propaganda.

Question reference: S7O-00004

To ask the Scottish Government what role it has in response to the incident of subsidence in Coalsnaughton Road, Tillicoultry, in which 30 houses have been evacuated.