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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 6 June 2025
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Question reference: S6O-01516

  • Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the training of advanced clinical practitioners.  

Question reference: S6O-01529

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the social justice cabinet secretary has had with ministerial colleagues on any potential impact on levels of personal debt of the inclusion of individual consumers under the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6O-01508

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on Scotland’s agricultural sector of the UK Government's upcoming new regulations regarding meat exports.

Question reference: S6O-01511

  • Asked by: Kaukab Stewart, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its latest assessment is of the impact of Brexit on Scotland's food and drink sector.

Question reference: S6O-01519

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported present staffing crisis, how it will ensure adequate staffing for the proposed national treatment centres.

Question reference: S6O-01509

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to withhold farming payments from convicted criminals.

Question reference: S6O-01520

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6O-01531

  • Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the local government minister has had with local authorities regarding running effective consultations on the delivery of frontline public services.

 

Question reference: S6O-01514

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what further financial support it will provide to Argyll and Bute to help tackle depopulation of rural areas and islands.

Question reference: S6O-01510

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on whether there are households that took on a pet during the COVID-19 pandemic and are now struggling to look after them, in light of the cost of living crisis.