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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 11 June 2025
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Question reference: S6W-30412

  • Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working to maintain increased tourism in Glasgow, in light of reports that over £2.35 billion was spent by visitors in 2023.

Question reference: S6W-30416

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Scottish Renewables to discuss employment and training initiatives for the renewable energy sector.

Question reference: S6W-30409

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish its submission to the Strategic Defence Review.

Question reference: S6W-30414

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the Energy Skills Partnership to discuss the coordination of skills initiatives across Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-30704

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will renew its commitment to provide sustainable funding for the nationwide roll-out of the Scottish Care and Coordination Service for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancers (SCOT HPB), in line with action 45 of its Cancer Action Plan for Scotland 2023-26.

Question reference: S6W-30380

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many foreign direct investment recipients there have been in the last five years, broken down by sector. 

Question reference: S6W-30978

  • Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2024
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it has applied its international trade principles and when it plans to publish the next Vision for Trade Annual Report.

Question reference: S6W-30693

  • Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2024

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the wait time for urgent neurology referrals at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow is now 50 weeks.

Question reference: S6W-30965

  • Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2024
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Angela Constance on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-30689

  • Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many households it estimates currently have at least one person with an alcohol addiction.