Questions and answers
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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Question reference: S6O-05201
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the chief executive of NHS Grampian to discuss healthcare in Moray.
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Question reference: S6O-05200
- Asked by: Davy Russell, MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what specific action it has taken to address waiting lists for hip and knee replacement surgeries.
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Question reference: S6O-05196
- Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence it has had with the UK Government regarding support for Scottish farmers ahead of the upcoming UK budget.
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Question reference: S6O-05220
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on any potential negative impacts for local communities when asylum seekers are housed in large-scale sites in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-05193
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any economic benefits of the growth of aquaculture in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-05216
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the assessment by the Scottish Human Rights Commission that disabled and autistic people are not being supported to exercise their right to independent living, as enshrined in Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, what discussions the social justice secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding action that can be taken to address this.
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Question reference: S6O-05215
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to potential social security implications, what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding compensation for Women Against State Pension Inequality.
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Question reference: S6O-05198
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by the Auditor General into the financial sustainability of NHS Ayrshire and Arran, which found that the board is facing a deficit of £33.1 million in the current year.
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Question reference: S6O-05191
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what recent work it has undertaken with the agricultural sector to reduce the number of fatalities within the industry.
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Question reference: S6O-05197
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of alleged animal welfare abuse at a Bakkafrost Scotland salmon farm.
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