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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 15 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-38654

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill on the cost of borrowing for rural businesses.

Question reference: S6W-38662

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-37289 by Alasdair Allan on 13 May 2025, in which it stated that “the revised policy statement for the protection of natural features on Ramsar sites will be published on the Scottish Government web-site shortly”, whether it will set out specifically by when the statement will be published, in light of a month having passed since its previous answer.

Question reference: S6W-38646

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to ensure that local authorities effectively enforce smoke control area regulations and address complaints, particularly regarding the use of unauthorised fuels in domestic wood-burning stoves.

Question reference: S6W-38652

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what work it plans to undertake to ensure that any ministerial decisions taken in accordance with the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill are compliant with the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.

Question reference: S6W-38006

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what assessment it has made of the potential impact of any border delays on the viability of transporting perishable goods such as seafood and fresh produce from an independent Scotland to the rest of the UK.

Question reference: S6W-38155

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to reconcile the Supreme Court's ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers with its current policies on housing trans-identifying male prisoners in female prisons.

Question reference: S6W-38686

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the reported criminal trials backlog had been cleared as of March 2025, and, if it does not consider it has been cleared, when it anticipates it will be.

Question reference: S6W-38667

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of hate crime allegations under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 have resulted in prosecution or conviction.

Question reference: S6W-38651

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that public funds do not contribute to the production and export of weapons used in human rights violations.

Question reference: S6W-38009

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what estimate it has made of the number of staff that would be required to operate any customs or border posts along the Anglo-Scottish border in an independent Scotland.