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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 19 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-41303

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41119 by Jim Fairlie on 9 October 2025, which stakeholders were invited and who attended the Wildfire Summit on 14 October 2025.

Question reference: S6W-41316

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many new entrants there have been to (a) crofting and (b) farming, in each year since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-41323

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any rail track (a) repairs and (b) upgrades that may be needed in the future, broken down by section, as well as by the date each repair or update work (i) was first identified as required and (ii) is projected to be completed by.

Question reference: S6W-41274

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent UK-Faroe Islands fisheries negotiations and regarding any impact on cetacean populations in Scottish waters, what assessment it has made of any potential merits of including animal welfare and wildlife protection clauses in future fisheries agreements with the Faroe Islands.

Question reference: S6W-41333

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding an exemption for the Highlands and Islands to its proposed Air Departure Tax.

Question reference: S6W-41305

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to monitor and respond to any implications of teachers' financial stress on recruitment, retention and educational outcomes, in light of the NASUWT’s October 2025 survey findings that 53% of teachers have increased their use of credit cards and 14% have taken a second job.

Question reference: S6W-41339

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its news release of 26 September 2024, Investing £100 million in mid-market rent, of the 2,800 mid-market rent homes that it pledged to support the construction of, how many have (a) been built and (b) received planning permission to be built.

Question reference: S6W-41327

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will require to renegotiate the GP contract in order to implement the proposed seven-days-a-week, walk-in GP clinics that it announced on 13 October 2025.

Question reference: S6W-41330

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Marine Directorate has any plans to invest in new (a) protection and (b) research vessels, and if so, whether it will provide the details of such plans.

Question reference: S6W-41329

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the Marine Directorate’s (a) protection and (b) research vessels are currently out of service.