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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

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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 29 May 2025
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Question reference: S6W-11393

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how its next cancer strategy and earlier diagnosis vision will address any health inequalities and promote equitable access to cancer services.

Question reference: S6W-11312

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it took up any offer from the UK Government to discuss the findings of the Union Connectivity Review.

Question reference: S6W-11313

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has applied for funding from the UK Government to undertake initial work on upgrading the A75.

Question reference: S6W-11328

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to working with stakeholder groups, such as the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland, to ensure that the Scottish legal system is fully accessible for those seeking to defend the environment, in time for the deadline set out by the UNECE Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention decision VII/8s of 1 October 2024.

Question reference: S6W-11311

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has applied for from the UK Government to put towards scoping work on the A75.

Question reference: S6W-11331

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will implement the recommendations of the UNECE Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention decision VII/8s by the deadline of 1 October 2024.

Question reference: S6W-11330

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to environmental organisations, including Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland, who referred to its contributions to the UK Plan of action for decision VII/8s of the UNECE Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, as "woefully inadequate".

Question reference: S6W-11318

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it will implement the fireworks licensing scheme.

Question reference: S6W-11319

  • Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the risk review group investigating failed assessments of the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory is due to report.

Question reference: S6W-11243

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the senior leaders who will "take responsibility for driving the necessary changes and reporting on progress" of the implementation of the Medication Assisted Treatment Standards, as announced by the Minister for Drugs Policy to the Parliament on 23 June 2022, have now been appointed by local authority chief executives and chief officers, and whether it will publish the name and position of each local authority's responsible senior leader.