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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 4 May 2025
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Question reference: S6W-36755

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-35645 by Natalie Don-Innes on 26 March 2025, when it expects the findings and evaluation of the early adopter community work to be published, and whether an expansion of early learning and childcare will take place before the end of the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S6W-36754

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the "stirring up hatred" provisions of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 to include "sex" as a characteristic.

Question reference: S6W-36804

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the report in The Herald on 4 April 2025 that critical materials have failed to be kept secure before the date of the assessment, what its response is to reported concerns that marking for the National 5 History paper has been compromised.

Question reference: S6W-36800

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed with the UK Government the provision of support to workers at Grangemouth refinery in the interim period prior to any developments from Project Willow.

Question reference: S6W-36756

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the impact of childcare costs on (a) women's participation in the workforce and (b) Scotland's fertility rate.

Question reference: S6W-36788

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has had with the UK Government regarding any negotiations that it has had, or plans, with the USA regarding a potential trade deal between the UK and USA.

Question reference: S6W-36793

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33240 by Jenny Gilruth on 28 January 2025, when the School Libraries Education and Policy Working Group will next convene.

Question reference: S6W-36819

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reported calls for a cap or oversight mechanism on senior salaries in publicly funded bodies, including local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-36825

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact on incineration gate fees of the extended producer responsibility for household packaging waste.

Question reference: S6W-36785

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of the phrase "spatial squeeze" in a maritime context, and which (a) sectors and (b) stakeholders have indicated to it a non-acceptance of this phrase.