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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 23 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-15900

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing and Midwifery is scheduled to meet in 2023.

Question reference: S6W-15899

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing and Midwifery will first meet.

Question reference: S6W-15841

  • Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13011 by Humza Yousaf on 21 December 2022, whether it will directly address whether it plans to provide support to facilitate the provision of nutritious food at NHS workplaces.

Question reference: S6W-15870

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the recently agreed Memorandum of Understanding, what consultation (a) NatureScot, (b) Hampden & Co, (c) Lombard Odier Investment Managers and (d) Palladium had with the Scottish Land Commission; what agreement was reached on how they would assist the community consultation processes envisaged, and whether the (i) Scottish Land Commission and (ii) NatureScot will be paid by private investors for any assistance given to them.

Question reference: S6W-15873

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much wealth it estimates will be extracted from (a) the local areas for investment and (b) Scotland as a result of the returns expected on investment flowing from the Memorandum of Understanding between NatureScot and Hampden & Co, Lombard Odier Investment Managers and Palladium.

Question reference: S6W-16165

  • Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Neil Gray on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to review the national events strategy, "Scotland, The Perfect Stage".

Question reference: S6W-16163

  • Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Christina McKelvie on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when its Hate Crime Strategy will be published.

Question reference: S6W-15927

  • Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the national service specification for secure transport that it is developing jointly with COSLA, whether it plans to appoint the Care Inspectorate to monitor compliance with the specification.

Question reference: S6W-15895

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list the dates of any meetings it has had with members of its Capital Investment Group at which the Monklands Replacement Project was discussed, and whether it will outline the content of those discussions.

Question reference: S6W-15902

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a full list of the participants in the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing and Midwifery.