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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 7 October 2026
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Question reference: S7F-00015

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh North Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2026

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S7F-00011

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2026

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S7F-00012

  • Asked by: Malcolm Offord, MSP for West Scotland, Reform UK
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2026

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S7F-00013

  • Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2026

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S7F-00014

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2026
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2026

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S7W-00707

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its joint purchase with Fife Council of 26 homes from Torah Capital Limited and TC CAPS3 Limited across West Wemyss, Coaltown of Wemyss and Denbeath, and in light of a Fife councillor reportedly describing this intervention as "stepping in at the right time", what specific criteria it plans to use to decide whether it will intervene in future cases where private tenants face mass eviction.

Question reference: S7W-00705

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its joint purchase with Fife Council of 26 homes from Torah Capital Limited and TC CAPS3 Limited across West Wemyss, Coaltown of Wemyss and Denbeath, how does the purchase price compare with the price Torah Capital Limited and TC CAPS3 Limited paid to Wemyss Estates in September 2025.

Question reference: S7W-00706

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its joint purchase with Fife Council of 26 homes from Torah Capital Limited and TC CAPS3 Limited across West Wemyss, Coaltown of Wemyss and Denbeath, how it quantified the social value of maintaining established communities and preventing potentially distressing uncertainty against the pure economic cost of the purchase.

Question reference: S7W-00709

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its joint purchase with Fife Council of 26 homes from Torah Capital Limited and TC CAPS3 Limited across West Wemyss, Coaltown of Wemyss and Denbeath, whether it will provide information on how its £2 million contribution was determined, and whether there are further funds available to support other communities potentially facing similar threats to their housing security in Fife or elsewhere in Scotland. 

Question reference: S7W-00708

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its joint purchase with Fife Council of 26 homes from Torah Capital Limited and TC CAPS3 Limited across West Wemyss, Coaltown of Wemyss and Denbeath, whether its £2 million contribution to the purchase is part of a new national policy of government-funded buyouts to prevent private sector evictions, or whether it is to be considered as a one-off emergency measure.