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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
  7. Current session: 14 May 2026 to 21 August 2026
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Question reference: S7W-00457

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time has been at NHS Scotland’s currently operational GP walk-in-clinics.

Question reference: S7W-00481

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when construction on the Barra’s St Brendan’s Hospital is expected to be completed.

Question reference: S7W-00490

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when all 30 proposed GP walk-in clinics will be operational.

Question reference: S7W-00648

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Stephen Flynn on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the 2024 report by ASLEF, Dignity for Drivers, how it plans to improve access to toilet facilities for train drivers. 

Question reference: S7W-00507

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when the review of IVF provision in Scotland will conclude.

Question reference: S7W-00485

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when refurbishment works at Ninewells Hospital will be completed.

Question reference: S7W-00455

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many years it is committed to funding GP walk-in-centres, in the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S7W-00329

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh North Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what measures will be put in place to ensure availability and ease of access to support high school students with neurodiversity, and what is available already.

Question reference: S7W-00659

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 29 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the Scottish National Party manifesto to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items, whether it would require to introduce at least a six-month implementation plan for retailers, in light of this being the case when the most recent increase to the minimum unit pricing of alcohol was implemented.

Question reference: S7W-00351

  • Asked by: David Barratt, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what private finance models are under active consideration for the primary healthcare investment programme and what other models were previously considered.