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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 19 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-32629

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it will balance investment in large-scale flood protection schemes with property-level flood resilience measures.

Question reference: S6W-32636

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what resources are being developed to help (a) individuals and (b) households improve their flood resilience.

Question reference: S6W-32450

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-32009 by Ivan McKee on 17 December 2024, whether it is accounting for inflation through business rate increases and, if so, what the reason is for taking this approach rather than through changes to rateable value.

Question reference: S6W-32597

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of hybrid trains as an interim solution to the decarbonisation of the railway network.

Question reference: S6W-32574

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that public subsidies to ScotRail are delivering value for money for taxpayers.

Question reference: S6W-32575

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered alternative funding models for the Caledonian Sleeper to reduce any reliance on public subsidies.

Question reference: S6W-32470

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31983 by Gillian Martin on 17 December 2024, on what dates its meetings with the UK Government Office for the Internal Market (OIM) in 2024 took place; which of those meetings were attended by a cabinet secretary or minister, and at which of those meetings there was specific discussion of the provisions of the Circular Economy Bill and/or the provisions of the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024.

Question reference: S6W-32552

  • Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of IBD UK’s latest report, Crohn’s and Colitis Care in Scotland: A Vision for Change, what steps it is taking to ensure that all inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) services have the resources and staffing necessary to address the psychological and nutritional needs of people with Crohn's disease and colitis in line with the IBD Standards.

Question reference: S6W-32598

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what lessons have been learned from other countries’ railway decarbonisation programmes that could be applied in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-32628

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how the success of the Flood Resilience Strategy will be measured over the next decade.