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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 14 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-38010

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what assessment it has made of what the total cost would be of (a) building and (b) operating any new customs infrastructure at the border with England in the first year of an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-38014

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, whether it will commit to publishing a full impact assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) social implications of any hard border between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK, in advance of any future independence referendum being held.

Question reference: S6W-38002

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, whether it has consulted with small business representative organisations regarding the potential impact on their members of a trade border between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Question reference: S6W-37936

  • Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, when it last met with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss what potential tariffs there could be between an independent Scotland and WTO members.

Question reference: S6W-38607

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on counsellors in schools in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-38692

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22416 by Patrick Harvie on 8 November 2023, which stakeholders it (a) has subsequently had and (b) plans to have discussions with on this topic.

Question reference: S6W-38610

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what value of financial penalties on colleges and universities for recruiting above their allocated funded places has been returned to and received by the Scottish Government in each year since 1999, broken down by individual (a) college and (b) university.

Question reference: S6W-38615

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that palliative care becomes a national priority.

Question reference: S6W-38684

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the definition of "backlog" as referring to "the outstanding scheduled trials that are above the normal operating capacity of 20,000", as set out in the 2023 Auditor General report, Criminal courts backlog.

Question reference: S6W-38638

  • Asked by: Davy Russell, MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what the timetable is for the reported downgrading of the Wishaw Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.