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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

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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 22 May 2025
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Question reference: S6W-19802

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the names of the members of the Pain Management Task Force and the relevant subsidiary Short Life Working Groups are not published, and whether it will consider (a) reviewing this decision and (b) making the membership list publicly available.

Question reference: S6W-20122

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-02399 by Gillian Martin on 21 June 2023, what its proposed timescale is for introducing proposals for crofting law reform.

Question reference: S6W-19879

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19059 by Jenni Minto on 22 June 2023, what actions it is proposing or considering to examine and address the underlying causes of the 19% increase in terminations.

Question reference: S6W-19835

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what specific plans or trials are being deployed to lower emissions from cement production.

Question reference: S6W-19834

  • Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the agendas and minutes of all meetings involving the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, the Scottish Government and NHS Tayside regarding expediting waits for urogynaecology treatments in NHS Tayside.

Question reference: S6W-19795

  • Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether funding will be extended for the hepatocellular carcinoma and pancreatic cancer pathway beyond March 2024.

Question reference: S6W-19794

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the view in the fourth Deposit Return Scheme gateway review that “to conduct a launch with minimal performance issues, many months will be required to understand, design and then implement a complete end-end testing capacity and, this would first require a whole system governance structure that does not exist”.

Question reference: S6W-20024

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many schools have been substantially refurbished, from 2016-17 to date, (a) in total and (b) broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-19832

  • Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what actions have been taken by (a) the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, (b) the Scottish Government and (c) NHS Tayside to expedite waits for urogynaecology treatments in NHS Tayside.

Question reference: S6W-20064

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any plans it has to provide funding for post-diagnostic services for children and young people with autism.