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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 11 November 2025
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Question reference: S6W-41772

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what additional funding universities will receive to offset any loss of international student income.

Question reference: S6W-41765

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

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the Animal and Plant Health Agency in response to reports of at least 26 cases of the avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 on farms across the UK from October 2025.

Question reference: S6W-41768

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to any potential risk of industrial action by teachers over the issue of the reduction of teacher class contact time, in light of reported statutory ballots being undertaken by the EIS and another teaching union.

Question reference: S6W-41769

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Teachers’ Side of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers has reportedly not received a response from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to its proposal regarding teacher class contact time, which was tabled at the committee on 18 September 2025.

Question reference: S6W-41770

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the prevalence of organised crime involvement in small retail businesses across the country.

Question reference: S6W-41791

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that local authority budget decisions do not undermine national education policy objectives.

Question reference: S6W-41798

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund to drive growth and sustainability in coastal communities and the fishing sector, and how it expects the fund will halt or reverse the decline in the number of (a) fishers and (b) fishing vessels, as outlined in the recent Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics for 2024.

Question reference: S6W-41776

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the Scottish Youth Parliament following reports of harassment and inappropriate behaviour.

Question reference: S6W-41775

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what oversight it has of the Scottish Youth Parliament’s safeguarding and complaints procedures.

Question reference: S6W-41779

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its funding formula for local authorities in light of reported regional development disparities.