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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-38001

  • 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 the potential administrative burden that could be placed on small Scottish exporters in the event that cross-border trade between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK required customs declarations.

Question reference: S6W-38004

  • 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 what its policy is on (a) how many border inspection points would be required along the Anglo-Scottish border and (b) where any such inspection points would be located, in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-38013

  • 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 (a) sought and (b) received any legal advice on its potential ability to allow an independent Scotland to avoid any border checks with the rest of the UK while applying EU single market rules, and, if so, whether it will publish any such advice.

Question reference: S6W-38011

  • 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 potential reduction in trade volumes for the (a) whisky, (b) meat and (c) dairy sector could result from any introduction of a hard border between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Question reference: S6W-38000

  • 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 recent estimate it has made of the potential reduction in Scotland’s trade volume with the rest of the UK in the event of customs checks at the border in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-38619

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to publish results and outcomes from the Scotland-Flanders joint working action plan.

Question reference: S6W-38593

  • Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many of its grant agreements exclude employment costs arising from the grantee’s legal obligations to its employees, including parental leave, sick leave and redundancy, from eligible costs, and how many of any such grant agreements are with voluntary organisations.

Question reference: S6W-38587

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted of how any restrictions on the availability of cross-local authority funded childcare can impact on families, particularly those in full-time employment.

Question reference: S6W-38586

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support local authorities to facilitate access to 1,140 hours of funded childcare in situations where childcare is required in a different local authority area from a family's main residence.

Question reference: S6W-38609

  • 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 how much "clawback" has been returned to and received by the Scottish Government in each year since 1999, broken down by individual (a) college and (b) university.