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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 8 June 2025
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Question reference: S6O-00305

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports of patients being given appointments for a COVID-19 booster vaccine within six months of their second dose of the vaccine and who were therefore unable to have the booster at the appointment.

Question reference: S6O-00308

  • Asked by: Jim Fairlie, MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to support people who have experienced long-term mental or physical harm as a result of NHS negligence or misdiagnosis.

Question reference: S6O-00325

  • Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what support it has offered Scotland’s cultural and heritage sectors in connection with COP26.

Question reference: S6O-00322

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the organisers of major events since the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccination certification scheme.

Question reference: S6O-00314

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to introduce a system of nationwide rent controls.

Question reference: S6O-00316

  • Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a report from Falkirk Council that states that the average cost of building a new affordable home is set to rise to £240,000, from £144,823 in 2014.

Question reference: S6O-00304

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to ensure that patients have access to dental treatment.

Question reference: S6O-00303

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on the commitments in its Programme for Government to tackle the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food and drinks.

Question reference: S6O-00320

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government which conflicts its new Institute for Peacekeeping will aim to resolve and by when. 

Question reference: S6O-00312

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to encourage more affordable homes to be built in remote and rural areas.