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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: S6O-03488

To ask the Scottish Government what place human ecology, specifically a focus on the relationship between the natural environment and the social environment, has in its rural affairs policy development.

Question reference: S6O-03503

To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates the first payment of Employment Injury Assistance will be made.

Question reference: S6O-03497

  • Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what role NHS boards have in the monitoring and minimising of dispensing errors by community pharmacies.  

Question reference: S6O-03506

To ask the Scottish Government how its Rural Affordable Homes for Key Workers Fund will help tackle island depopulation.  

Question reference: S6O-03491

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the ending of the Bute House Agreement will have on its rural policy.

Question reference: S6O-03505

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6O-03487

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the issuing of licences for scallop dredging activities that may cause harm to priority marine habitats, in light of reports of harm being caused to such habitats, including the herring spawning grounds off North Erradale and Gairloch.

Question reference: S6O-03502

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address food poverty, in light of the recent figures published by the Trussell Trust showing that its network distributed 262,400 emergency food parcels in the last 12 months.

Question reference: S6O-03484

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact on the food and drink sector of reports that many food and drink businesses are owned and controlled from outwith Scotland.  

Question reference: S6O-03485

To ask the Scottish Government what forms of community engagement the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill mandates in relation to the creation of a land management plan for large land holdings.