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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 22 November 2025
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Question reference: S6O-02401

  • Asked by: Stephanie Callaghan, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates that its recent £1.8 million investment will have on dermatology services.

Question reference: S6O-02406

  • Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it and NHS Scotland are taking to implement the recommendations of the Cass Review into gender identity services for children and young people, as they apply to Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-02411

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it plans to resume the Super Sponsor Scheme for Ukrainian refugees.  

Question reference: S6O-02400

  • Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many women are currently waiting for surgical treatment for a pelvic organ prolapse.  

Question reference: S6O-02397

  • Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the report by the taskforce to consider whether to extend wildlife crime investigation powers to the Scottish SPCA will be published.

Question reference: S6O-02393

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it will take account of the views of Ayrshire farmers as part of its proposed Agriculture Bill.

Question reference: S6O-02412

  • Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for refugees from Ukraine, whether it will provide an update on the disembarkation of the MS Victoria, prior to the ship’s planned departure from the port of Leith on 11 July 2023.

Question reference: S6O-02405

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many nursing and midwifery staff have left the NHS in the last 12 months.

Question reference: S6O-02410

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6O-02414

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the level of child poverty in Scotland.