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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 18 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-17195

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much has been spent on tackling litter sinks at Loch Long in each of the last 10 years, and how much will be spent in 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-17106

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to extending its Inclusion Health Action in General Practice programme to include deprived communities outside of the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.

Question reference: S6W-17170

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support is being provided to (a) Inverurie Medical Practice and (b) Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership, to ensure that the population of Inverurie will continue to receive primary care services, following the decision of the GP practice partners to end their contract with NHS Grampian.

Question reference: S6W-17075

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13155 by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023, whether it will bring forward its proposed Housing Bill prior to the summer parliamentary recess.

Question reference: S6W-17109

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether its new 10-year cancer strategy will include specific actions to address the survival rates of the six less survivable cancers, which are pancreatic, lung, liver, brain, stomach and oesophageal cancers.

Question reference: S6W-16981

  • Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the Minister for Transport will next meet with Highland Council to discuss the Corran Narrows crossing.

Question reference: S6W-16740

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Act 2023, what its most recent assessment is of any benefits to (a) farmers and (b) consumers in Scotland resulting from the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

Question reference: S6W-16935

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13727 by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2023, whether the "annual summary analysis report", referred to in the answer, is now published.

Question reference: S6W-16892

  • Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support the decontamination of land in the Shawfield area of the Rutherglen constituency.

Question reference: S6W-16915

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of NHS boards currently utilise intelligent Liver Function Testing (iLFT) in primary care to improve early detection of liver disease.