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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 12 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39273

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses were fined for selling counterfeit goods in the financial year 2024-25.

Question reference: S6W-39277

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle the sale of counterfeit goods.

Question reference: S6W-39276

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for selling counterfeit goods in the financial year 2024-25.

Question reference: S6W-39275

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the total value was of counterfeit goods seized in the financial year 2024-25.

Question reference: S6W-39274

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 July 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 6 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses were closed down as a result of selling counterfeit goods in the financial year 2024-25.

Question reference: S6W-38154

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

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce any measures to ensure that female prisoners are not subjected to any unwanted sexual advances from biological males housed in the same facility.

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: Answered by Angela Constance 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-38153

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

To ask the Scottish Government what its current approach is to trans-identifying male prisoners, and what its position is on whether its approach aligns with its commitment to women's rights.

Question reference: S6W-35470

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to issue guidance to the management of NHS boards regarding improving safety in hospitals and minimising any risk of sexual assault, and if this is the case, whether such guidance will address (a) preventative practices and (b) how to improve management policies and staff guidelines, and how it monitors the effectiveness of any measures put in place to protect patients and staff. 

Question reference: S6W-35475

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to research effective safeguarding and risk management procedures in relation to sexual assault in psychiatric hospitals.