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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. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S6W-42281

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 9 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the November 2025 report by the Shetland Fishermen’s Association and consultancy firm, Voar, Energy developments in Shetland and their interactions with fisheries.

Question reference: S6W-42091

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when the contract award for Lot 6 (Scotland) of the Project Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy scheme, covering premises in Orkney and Shetland, will be announced.

Question reference: S6W-42165

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 9 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of delays by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) on members’ financial planning and retirement decisions.

Question reference: S6W-42164

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 9 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted a review of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency's (SPPA) quality of service, in light of any increases in complaints about transfer and valuation delays.

Question reference: S6W-42163

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 9 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) has not published clear performance milestones for reducing delays in pension valuations and transfers.

Question reference: S6T-02794

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of NHS Ayrshire and Arran suspending routine hospital visits due to a sharp increase in flu cases, whether it will provide an update on the action that it is taking to support NHS boards in relation to increasing winter pressures.

Question reference: S6T-02793

  • Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the newly published October mortality figures for the salmon farming industry.

Question reference: S6F-04515

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2025

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-04519

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of, and support it is providing to, childhood dementia awareness.

Question reference: S6F-04525

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential implications for its work to eradicate child poverty in Scotland of the UK Government’s child poverty strategy.