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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 15 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-43732

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care is ashamed that the written case for Scottish ministers and the Lord Advocate in the judicial review of the Scottish Prison Service policy for the management of transgender people in custody did not include a single mention of women’s rights.

Question reference: S6W-43745

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the potential role of a respiratory framework in reducing winter pressures on the NHS by simultaneously improving outcomes for long-term respiratory conditions and short-term respiratory illnesses such as the flu.

Question reference: S6W-43716

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43381 by Gillian Martin on 10 February 2026, whether it will provide the same figures for 2025.

Question reference: S6W-43723

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what work has taken place on littering and fly-tipping since the publication of the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy.

Question reference: S6W-43725

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what actions are being taken to address habitual industrial fly-tipping.

Question reference: S6W-43736

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands is ashamed that the written case for Scottish ministers and the Lord Advocate in the judicial review of the Scottish Prison Service policy for the management of transgender people in custody did not include a single mention of women’s rights.

Question reference: S6W-43734

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy is ashamed that the written case for Scottish ministers and the Lord Advocate in the judicial review of the Scottish Prison Service policy for the management of transgender people in custody did not include a single mention of women’s rights.

Question reference: S6W-43729

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the First Minister is ashamed that the written case for Scottish ministers and the Lord Advocate in the judicial review of the Scottish Prison Service policy for the management of transgender people in custody did not include a single mention of women’s rights.

Question reference: S6W-43720

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalty fines for fly-tipping were issued in each year from 2019 to 2025.

Question reference: S6W-43724

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 February 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 27 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what regulations have been created for the enforcement of measures, including destruction, in relation to vehicles linked to fly-tipping, since the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 came into force.