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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 15 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-03589

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its environmental targets, the reported urgency of the climate and nature emergencies, and the role that Scotland’s peatlands play as a carbon store and habitat, whether it will have a licensing scheme in place for muirburn, including a ban on almost all burning on peat, in time for the next muirburn season starting on 1 October 2022.

Question reference: S6W-03742

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the modelling on Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol by the University of Sheffield in 2016, which reportedly stated that a MUP of 60p would prevent twice the number of deaths and reduce hospital admissions by half compared with a MUP of 50p, whether it has commissioned any further modelling on this.

Question reference: S6W-03743

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase the level of Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol from 50p to 65p, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S6W-03744

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the timetable for its review of the level of Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol, which was previously due by May 2020; whether it anticipates any further delays, and, if so, for how long.

Question reference: S6W-03603

  • Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to consult on legislation to extend the framework for licensing of activities involving animals to require anyone breeding, selling, or transferring the ownership of a litter of puppies to be registered.

Question reference: S6W-03728

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will undertake a consultation on restricting the advertising and promotion of alcohol.

Question reference: S6W-03524

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what measures, other than a public interest test, it is considering to (a) tackle the concentration of land ownership in Scotland and (b) promote the use of land in the interests of (i) local communities and (ii) the natural environment.

Question reference: S6W-03700

  • Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what plans it has to review its COVID-19 guidance to end the mandatory use of face coverings for people attending places of worship.

Question reference: S6W-03799

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings and recommendations in the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care report, Every Story’s Ending, published in September 2021.

Question reference: S6W-03681

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of paediatric COVID-19 vaccines in the under-12s.