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: S6W-38676
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many formal enforcement actions it has taken against landlords providing unsafe or unfit housing in the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-38003
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, whether it has undertaken any internal economic modelling of the potential impact on trade of introducing customs checks at Gretna and Berwick in an independent Scotland, and, if so, whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S6W-38154
- Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce any measures to ensure that female prisoners are not subjected to any unwanted sexual advances from biological males housed in the same facility.
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Question reference: S6W-38014
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, whether it will commit to publishing a full impact assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) social implications of any hard border between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK, in advance of any future independence referendum being held.
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Question reference: S6W-38649
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when there will be a stakeholder consultation on NatureScot's reported work to develop a list of irreplaceable habitats, and whether any types of species-rich grassland will be included in any such list.
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Question reference: S6W-37936
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, when it last met with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss what potential tariffs there could be between an independent Scotland and WTO members.
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Question reference: S6W-38674
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the long-term health impacts of any delayed or inaccessible dental care in deprived communities.
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Question reference: S6W-38669
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the reported potential industrial action by Solicitor Contact Line staff would have on the rights of individuals in police custody.
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Question reference: S6W-38659
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Rural Housing Fund has received any expressions of interest relating to projects in Fife, and, if so, how many.
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Question reference: S6W-38694
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out regarding retrofitting traditional or listed buildings in rural and island areas.
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