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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 23 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-12054

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what power it has to extend the current Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service contract after its conclusion in September 2024; if it has the power, whether it plans to do so, and, if so, for how long.

Question reference: S6W-11899

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations, including local authorities, have applied for funding from the Ayrshire Rural and Islands Ambition (ARIA) Fund 2022-23.

Question reference: S6O-01597

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6O-01602

  • Asked by: Natalie Don-Innes, MSP for Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how measures set out in the NHS Recovery Plan will support innovation and capacity in diagnostics for thrombosis.

Question reference: S6O-01601

  • Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it is taking to stabilise NHS dentistry services in Dumfries and Galloway.   

Question reference: S6O-01600

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met COSLA and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S6O-01598

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the right of disabled people to dedicated accessible spaces.

Question reference: S6O-01603

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address high private sector rents.

Question reference: S6O-01599

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lothian and NHS Borders.

Question reference: S6O-01580

  • Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that the increase in inflation will have on the ability of the public sector to deliver on its Covid Recovery Strategy.