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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 17 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-23426

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what consultations have taken place to determine the parameters of a public interest test for land reform. 

Question reference: S6W-23389

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to support consultants with their workload so that they have sufficient time to engage in research and in supporting and training junior doctors.

Question reference: S6W-23365

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to ensure that initiatives regarding Islamophobia in Scotland pay specific attention to any gendered nature of Islamophobia.

Question reference: S6W-23306

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21689 by Lorna Slater on 3 October 2023, whether (a) Palladium, (b) Lombard Odier or (c) Hampden and Co Bank is contracted by (i) Forestry and Land Scotland, (ii) Scottish Water, (iii) Cairngorms National Park and (iv) Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park to provide support in delivering peatland restoration works or in mobilising private finance into nature; what payments have been made to any of those parties in the (A) last financial year and (B) current financial year to date; what the (aa) value and (ab) duration is of any extant contracts, and what procurement process was followed to secure any such contractual arrangements that are in place.

Question reference: S6W-23297

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the refreshed Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan that it committed to publishing in its Programme for Government 2023-24, whether the (a) Far North, (b) Highland, (c) Kyle of Lochalsh, (d) West Highland and (e) Inverness-Aberdeen train line will be included in the refreshed plan.

Question reference: S6W-23204

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter of 21 November 2023 from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to the Finance and Public Administration Committee, what the total Primary Care Reform and Delivery budget was in 2023-24, and which parts of the Primary Care Reform and Delivery budget in 2023-24 have experienced “reductions, slippage and reprofiling”.

Question reference: S6W-23427

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what models and approaches have been considered for delivering a public interest test for land reform. 

Question reference: S6W-23391

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what exposure medical students have to psychiatric and mental health placements, and what steps are taken to encourage students to consider a career in these fields.

Question reference: S6W-23397

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set up a committee to examine the reported rising excess death rate in Scotland, in light of data from the National Records of Scotland showing that 3,255 excess deaths have taken place in 2023 so far.

Question reference: S6W-23290

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to local authorities to support climate change risk assessments and adaptation plans for local roads.