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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 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S6W-44043

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 17 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43618 by Gillian Martin on 17 February 2026, and in light of the evidence given by the Scottish Fiscal Commission at the Finance and Public Administration Committee meeting on 3 March 2026, whether it will commission work to examine the implications for Scotland of the issues covered in the UK Government report, Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security.

 

Question reference: S6W-44030

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 17 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42347 by Gillian Martin on 16 December 2025, how many overflow monitors will be installed at combined sewer overflows in the Highlands and Islands region in 2026.

Question reference: S6W-44031

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 17 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many combined sewer overflows there are in the Highlands and Islands region.

Question reference: S6W-44136

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 17 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers by Jim Fairlie to question S6W-26881 on 5 June 2024 and question S6W-35356 on 11 March 2025 in relation to financing natural capital, whether it will provide information on (a) how much private finance was arranged under the support of the Natural Investment Partnership and spent on (i) tree planting and (ii) peatland restoration between 1 March 2025 and 28 February 2026, (b) who the private finance providers involved were, (c) how much was invested and (d) which projects received investment. 

Question reference: S6T-02955

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that one in five adults in Scotland are unable to access dental care.

Question reference: S6T-02959

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding the steps being taken to support families with the cost of living, in light of the conflict in the Middle East and its impact on heating oil prices.

Question reference: S6T-02951

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on Police Scotland of the Budget 2026-27 allocation being £50 million less than the amount requested by the Chief Constable.

Question reference: S6F-04772

To ask the First Minister, following the Union Street fire in Glasgow, what discussions the Scottish Government has had with Network Rail regarding the organisation having a greater say over what types of businesses can be located in close vicinity to key transport hubs such as Glasgow Central.

Question reference: S6F-04757

  • Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2026

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-04758

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that the Scottish Information Commissioner is taking legal advice on further legal action against the Scottish Government and his comments that he “can no longer trust the Government to handle this information unsupervised".