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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 9 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-14481

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government which (a) cities, (b) towns and (c) villages Architecture and Design Scotland has engaged with in each year as part of the Scotland + Venice project.

Question reference: S6W-14482

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost to Architecture and Design Scotland was of producing its report, Designing for a Changing Climate: Carbon Conscious Places.

Question reference: S6W-14469

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to tackle the reported rise of infant mortality in the most deprived fifth of society.

Question reference: S6W-14441

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what information it collects on whether new schools in Scotland meet the standards set out in the (a) UK Government document, Building Bulletin 93: Acoustic design of schools: performance standards, and (b) Scottish Government guidance, School design: optimising the internal environment: building our future: Scotland's school estate.

Question reference: S6W-14488

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 7 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05974 by Tom Arthur on 8 February 2022, whether it will provide an update of the number of title holders currently awaiting copies of their title deeds from Registers of Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-14485

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) Architecture and Design Scotland and (b) Scottish Forestry has allocated to the Best Use of Timber Awards for each year since the awards were established.

Question reference: S6T-01171

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that M&Co will close all of its 170 stores, resulting in almost 2,000 job losses.

Question reference: S6T-01164

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to bring the strike action by teachers to an end.

Question reference: S6F-01802

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2023

To ask the First Minister, in light of reports of people being forced onto prepayment meters, what steps the Scottish Government is taking to support vulnerable people in Scotland with rising energy costs.  

Question reference: S6F-01815

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2023

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on whether oil and gas companies are investing enough of their profits to support a just transition in Scotland.