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.
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Question reference: S6O-04758
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the scale of online bullying in schools.
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Question reference: S6O-04742
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any further plans to widen its review into Creative Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-04754
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support it is providing to teachers to help deal with behaviour in classrooms.
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Question reference: S6O-04745
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to modernise family law and ensure the efficient functioning of the civil court system.
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Question reference: S6O-04739
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when the constitution secretary last met, and will next meet, with UK Government ministers.
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Question reference: S6O-04749
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on using the powers outlined in the International Criminal Court (Scotland) Act 2001 to prosecute nationals and residents of the UK residing in Scotland who have committed war crimes.
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Question reference: S6O-04751
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on funding for the CashBack for Communities programme.
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Question reference: S6O-04747
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the number of serious assaults committed by teenagers has increased in the past five years.
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Question reference: S6O-04743
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the economic importance of festivals to local communities.
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Question reference: S6O-04741
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will propose the scheduling of time for a parliamentary debate or statement on the works at Union Bridge on the A96 in Keith, in light of reports that ongoing delays have resulted in the trunk road being reduced to one lane with traffic lights for almost a year.
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