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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 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-12002

  • Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government which activities involving animals it next plans to regulate under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021.

Question reference: S6W-11912

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of every event that received funding from the Scotland’s Events Recovery Fund, broken down by (a) how much funding each event received and (b) local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-11764

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether any guarantees have been obtained from the prospective purchaser of Kinloch Castle on Rum in relation to continued access by residents over land in front of the castle and, if this is the case, whether it will provide the details of any such guarantees.

Question reference: S6W-11840

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04274 by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021, what records it maintains on the (a) return and (b) disposal of unused prescribed medicines.

Question reference: S6W-11860

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding providing Evusheld on the NHS.

Question reference: S6W-11747

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08833 by Lorna Slater on 14 June 2022, whether it will publish the gateway review in full, and whether it is the case that the review has not yet been published because it is reportedly highly critical of the Deposit Return Scheme and the progress made.

Question reference: S6W-11659

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support pharmacies in their recruitment and retention of pharmacists.

Question reference: S6W-11667

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord has been agreed.

Question reference: S6W-11614

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to consult the NHS and other stakeholders as it updates its Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses Framework.

Question reference: S6W-11895

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all the examination bodies in Scotland.