Skip to main content
Main navigation
Loading…

Seòmar agus comataidhean

Questions and answers

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Criathragan Hide all filters

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. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
Answer status
Question type
Ath-shuidhich an lorg

Displaying 48968 questions Show Answers

Order by |

Question reference: S6T-01555

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent reports that treatment for ovarian cancer is a postcode lottery and has left some women with no option but to pay for private healthcare.

Question reference: S6T-01559

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that students at Scottish universities receive their degree classifications.

Question reference: S6F-02415

To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the work that the Scottish Government is undertaking to support the establishment of a pilot safer drug consumption facility.

Question reference: S6F-02411

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the use of antidepressants in Scotland.  

Question reference: S6F-02405

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to some members of the judiciary expressing opposition to juryless rape trials.

Question reference: S6F-02399

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2023

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-02404

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking in response to reports of widespread contamination at many of Scotland’s outdoor swimming sites.

Question reference: S6F-02400

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2023

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-21397

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to respond to concerns raised in the consultation on the proposed Agriculture Bill that payments in Tier 1 would be conditional on the production of a Whole Farm Plan.

Question reference: S6W-21400

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it means by “efficiencies” when it refers to Tier 3 payments, as stated in the consultation on the proposed Agriculture Bill.