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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 16 February 2026
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Question reference: S6F-00341

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the announcement that the SQA has entered a two-year agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to improve equalities practices after the Commission established that the SQA was not routinely assessing the impact of its policies and practices against the three needs of the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Question reference: S6F-00339

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Question reference: S6F-00326

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2021

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-00327

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2021

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-03207

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what material impact its policies and enforcement measures have had on incidences of waste crime over the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-03175

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether guidance allows for employers to dismiss positive COVID-19 lateral flow tests taken by employees unless the individual has returned a positive PCR test result.

Question reference: S6W-03234

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many water scarcity incidents have been reported to SEPA since 1 April 2021, and how many of these have resulted in regulatory action.

Question reference: S6W-03198

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-02398 by Patrick Harvie on 13 September 2021, by what date it will have completed "developing and implementing a bespoke public engagement strategy for heat in buildings".

Question reference: S6W-03193

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether 1 July 2022 continues to be the go-live date for the introduction of the deposit return scheme.

Question reference: S6W-03240

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what progress SEPA has made in "driving all remaining businesses not yet meeting set standards into full compliance with the environmental laws in Scotland", as set out in the foreword to the agency's regulatory strategy.