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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. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 6 February 2026
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Question reference: S6O-04522

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to renewing the Heart Disease Action Plan.

Question reference: S6O-04525

To ask the Scottish Government what support is in place for people with the condition, Turnpenny-Fry syndrome.

Question reference: S6O-04516

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the potential loss of agricultural land in the North East Scotland region as the result of development.

Question reference: S6O-04519

To ask the Scottish Government whether its policy position in relation to an independent Scotland seeking to rejoin the EU includes rejoining the Common Fisheries Policy.

Question reference: S6O-04543

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to provide continuity of funding through the Rural and Islands Housing Fund.

Question reference: S6O-04520

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS boards have designated single-sex spaces for women.

Question reference: S6O-04514

  • Asked by: Elena Whitham, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its consideration of a fisheries management plan for the future management of wild wrasse.

Question reference: S6O-04538

To ask the Scottish Government what impact it believes the UK Government’s Spring Statement will have on the provision of social security in Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-04512

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding how to ensure the protection of Scotch whisky.

Question reference: S6O-04540

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2025
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to increase house building.