Questions and answers
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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Question reference: S6O-05101
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to provide financial scrutiny over NHS Grampian.
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Question reference: S6O-05097
- Asked by: Davy Russell, MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support new farmers and crofters in South Lanarkshire.
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Question reference: S6O-05100
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve the provision of mental health support for vulnerable women and girls with complex PTSD and other trauma-related conditions, including where this is the result of commercial sexual exploitation in prostitution.
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Question reference: S6O-05121
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates to be the baseline figure for its ambition towards all-tenure housing delivery of a 10% increase in housebuilding each year over the next three years.
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Question reference: S6O-05102
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it will determine where the 15 pilots for the planned GP walk-in centres will be located.
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Question reference: S6O-05093
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to deal with and improve land use issues, in particular dereliction and abandonment, in the urban setting.
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Question reference: S6O-05120
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to communities to promote cohesion and develop sustainable support networks for refugees and asylum seekers, to help ensure their full participation in civic and community life.
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Question reference: S6O-05094
- Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of the UK-wide Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund on opportunities for innovation that maximise the value created by Scotland’s seafood industry.
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Question reference: S6O-05092
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its consultation on proposals to introduce new licensing regulations covering a range of animal-related activities, what discussions it has had with Police Scotland and Trading Standards Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-05119
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions the housing secretary had had with the public finance minister regarding the consultation on permitted development rights to support the provision of new homes.
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