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-04803
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many licences for gull management were awarded in Eyemouth for 2025.
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Question reference: S6O-04804
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the latest export statistics for Scotland’s food and drink sector.
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Question reference: S6O-04811
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that nearly 40% of adults in Dumfries and Galloway are not registered with an NHS dentist.
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Question reference: S6O-04815
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the eligibility criteria for rapid cancer diagnostic services, including the rationale for them usually only being available to those over the age of 18, in light of any unique challenges faced by children and young people being diagnosed with cancer.
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Question reference: S6O-04807
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its policies on managing deer numbers, how it is supporting public bodies such as local authorities and NHS boards to use more Scottish venison in any catering that they are responsible for.
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Question reference: S6O-04800
- Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how its Marine Fund Scotland 2025-26 will support businesses and organisations in coastal communities.
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Question reference: S6O-04806
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any progress with the provisions in the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024, including how they may affect farming and food production in Ayrshire.
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Question reference: S6O-04824
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government regarding the Asylum Right to Work Pilot proposal, in light of the Home Office reportedly stating that it is unable to commit to exploring the feasibility of the proposal.
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Question reference: S6O-04813
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support NHS Tayside to improve its physical infrastructure to help to deliver better health outcomes.
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Question reference: S6O-04805
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that NatureScot will complete its review of the bird species on schedule 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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