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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 9 June 2025
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Question reference: S6O-00619

  • Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to encourage people, who are able, to donate blood, particularly during the winter period and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6O-00616

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the provision of GP services in the north east.

Question reference: S6O-00617

  • Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve awareness of mental health.

Question reference: S6O-00621

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support small rural businesses.

Question reference: S6O-00620

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest figures showing that recorded hate crimes against members of the LGBT+ community have risen for five years in a row.

Question reference: S6O-00618

  • Asked by: Neil Gray, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what support and treatment is available for people diagnosed with phenylketonuria.

Question reference: S6O-00594

  • Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how its policies across government will support people living in the Cowdenbeath constituency to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6O-00610

  • Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how the fishing quotas secured during the trilateral negotiations will be distributed to fishing businesses to incentivise more sustainable practices.

Question reference: S6O-00609

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the rural affairs secretary last met Marine Scotland to discuss Scotland's Marine Assessment 2020.

Question reference: S6O-00611

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to farming charities.