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-05205
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, 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 discussions the health secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the use of sport to support its goal to reduce child poverty.
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Question reference: S6O-05195
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what response it has had to its letter to the UK Government regarding the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund.
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Question reference: S6O-05217
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the availability of land for building social housing, in relation to its Housing to 2040 strategy.
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Question reference: S6O-05194
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how Brexit has impacted Scotland's food and drink producers.
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Question reference: S6O-05218
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to pensioners to help with heating bills as winter sets in.
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Question reference: S6O-05204
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East 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 progress it is making on reducing audiology waiting lists at NHS Grampian.
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Question reference: S6O-05219
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its previous answer on 12 November, whether it will take the lead in establishing a common housing register in Glasgow to simplify applications and address the city's long social housing waiting lists.
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Question reference: S6O-05202
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its decision to narrow the eligibility criteria for the autumn COVID-19 booster, what assessment it has made of the cost to the NHS and the impact on hospitalisation rates.
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Question reference: S6O-05221
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with registered social landlords in the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency regarding the lack of new social homes being built.
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Question reference: S6O-05190
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how the Scottish Economic Link licence is working.
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