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-04826
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish detailed projections for the impact of its child poverty strategy in each local authority area, including whether its national mission remains on track to meet statutory child poverty targets by 2030.
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Question reference: S6O-04828
- Asked by: Evelyn Tweed, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent ILGA-Europe Rainbow Index of LGBTI equality laws, which shows that the UK, including Scotland, has fallen from first place in 2015 to second worst this year.
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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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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-04808
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, 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 proportion of care home providers have reported recruitment difficulties since the UK left the EU.
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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-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-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-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-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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