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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 23 June 2025
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Question reference: S6O-01478

  • Asked by: Elena Whitham, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is working with colleagues in local government, as part of its Covid Recovery Strategy, to support Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley’s recovery from COVID-19.

Question reference: S6O-01482

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions ministers have had with the UK Government regarding making MSPs prescribed persons under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and extending parliamentary privilege.

Question reference: S6O-01494

  • Asked by: Evelyn Tweed, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what investment is being made in safe active travel routes in the Stirling area, including any missing links in the National Cycle Network at Manor Powis and between Doune and Callander.

Question reference: S6O-01495

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding the impact in Scotland of calls by rail workers for fair pay settlements. 

Question reference: S6O-01496

  • Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the outcomes of its attendance at the European Hydrogen Week in Brussels.

Question reference: S6O-01490

  • Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to small businesses through the cost of living crisis.

Question reference: S6O-01493

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to address the discharge of sewage into rivers, lochs and waterways.

Question reference: S6O-01483

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what role the autumn/winter COVID-19 booster vaccination programme will play in its Covid Recovery Strategy.    

Question reference: S6O-01492

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will instruct Scottish Water to freeze water rates for 2023-24 to help with the cost of living crisis.  

Question reference: S6O-01485

  • Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made regarding increasing the employment rate for disabled people.