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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 29 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-20048

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has published all minutes of any discussions that relevant ministers have had with (a) officials and (b) local authorities regarding the issue of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in school buildings.

Question reference: S6W-20025

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many schools were in good or satisfactory condition, from 2016-17 to date, (a) in total and (b) broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-20057

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19560 by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023, on what specific date the Scottish Government first informed the UK Government that Circularity Scotland was likely to go into administration.

Question reference: S6W-20053

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19222 by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023, whether it will specify the mechanisms that it has in place to assess and monitor the "range of risks relating to the delivery of the Deposit Return Scheme".

Question reference: S6W-20115

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of reports that there are now no dental practices registering patients in Dunoon, and that people may need to travel to Glasgow to see an NHS dentist.

Question reference: S6W-20058

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-19560 by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023, on what date it began to assume that Circularity Scotland was likely to go into administration.

Question reference: S6W-20144

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition on 29 June 2023, regarding Highly Protected Marine Areas, what the timescales are for establishing fisheries management measures for "tranche two" of the existing Marine Protected Areas.

Question reference: S6W-20139

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out into indoor air quality in public buildings, and what plans it has to carry out any further such research.

Question reference: S6W-20126

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on whether any cadmium-plated pipes were fully water tested before the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital opened.

Question reference: S6W-20507

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 15 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what evidence there is to support the use of ultra-high frequency electronic identification (EID) technology as a means of identification for Scottish beef, and whether it has considered other methods of EID.