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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 19 May 2024
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Question reference: S6O-02888

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the current options available to record the relationship status of a deceased person are sufficient for the purposes of this information being accurately represented on death certificates.

Question reference: S6O-02848

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing in schools to educate boys to prevent violence against women and girls.

Question reference: S6W-22908

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has asked Police Scotland to return to it in each financial year since 2019-20, including 2023-24 to date.

Question reference: S6W-22552

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has held with (a) Transport Scotland and (b) Glasgow City Council regarding the development of the Clyde Metro.

Question reference: S6W-22551

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what involvement (a) it and (b) Transport Scotland will have in funding the Clyde Metro.

Question reference: S6W-22553

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what funding plans are in place to implement and begin construction of the Clyde Metro.

Question reference: S6W-22458

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to support care home services that are at risk of closure due to the reported loss of funding in the National Care Home Contract Fee, in light of reported concerns that the provision of care for older people is increasingly complex. 

Question reference: S6F-02515

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 November 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2023

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that Scottish Water has issued bonus payments to executives in excess of public sector pay rules.

Question reference: S6O-02672

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards reaching a resolution to the ongoing dispute with the Fire Brigades Union.

Question reference: S6W-21284

  • Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards will be put in place to ensure that landlines installed in prison cells are not being used for criminal purposes.