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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 27 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-19445

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 26 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the Minister for Energy and the Environment, during the members’ business debate on motion S6M-09174 on 22 June 2023, that "the contributions have also highlighted some of the challenges to the threshold that has been suggested, which might have unintended consequences", what it believes these unintended consequences to be, and on what evidence it is basing this view.

Question reference: S6W-19284

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether any increased use of the junction between the A1 trunk road and the B6438 as a result of the opening of Reston station is a cause for any increased reports of dangerous incidences, and whether it will take any action to mitigate any added risk of increased traffic flow.

Question reference: S6W-19241

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 3 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase funding for skills related to retrofitting, in light of its announced policy to ban gas boilers in all new building developments, and, if so, whether it can provide details.

Question reference: S6W-19293

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18612 by Fiona Hyslop on 16 June 2023, when it expects the findings from the free bus travel pilot to be collated and analysed, following its planned conclusion in July, and whether it plans to publish the findings from the pilot once finalised.

Question reference: S6W-19281

  • Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 3 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish its new mental health strategy.

Question reference: S6W-19580

  • Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the implementation of its Vision for Trade.

Question reference: S6W-19594

  • Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Gillian Martin on 30 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it will protect the Firth of Clyde cod seasonal spawning in future.

Question reference: S6W-19590

  • Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Neil Gray on 30 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on proposals for Investment Zones in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-19237

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 30 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of times that Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited’s replacement tower crane has been in operation since it was installed in December 2020.

Question reference: S6W-19287

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 30 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19058 by Neil Gray on 16 June 2023, how much in total has been allocated to the Scottish Cities Alliance to carry out the work specified as necessary in the Report of the City Centre Recovery Task Force 2021-22.