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-04151
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement in its draft Budget 2025-26 that it plans to mitigate the UK Government’s two-child benefit cap policy in Scotland, what it estimates the cost will be of doing so, per affected child.
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Question reference: S6O-04130
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is working to improve access for children and young people to mental health services.
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Question reference: S6O-04147
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address wait times in temporary accommodation.
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Question reference: S6O-04124
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support farming businesses that are seeking to diversify.
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Question reference: S6O-04145
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement its ministers have had with Disabled People's Organisations to discuss any concerns of disabled people.
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Question reference: S6O-04127
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the potential impact on agriculture, what assessment it has made of the number of family farms in Scotland that will incur inheritance tax liability as a result of changes announced in the UK Budget.
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Question reference: S6O-04133
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the proposal from Save Our Surgeries in Burghead and Hopeman to pilot a nurse-led service in the villages following the closure of their GP surgeries.
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Question reference: S6O-04146
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details on the implementation of its social isolation and loneliness strategy, Recovering our Connections 2023-2026, particularly in relation to urban areas.
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Question reference: S6O-04134
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how its increased funding for mental health services will help improve access to psychological support for people with long-term conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease.
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Question reference: S6O-04128
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any specific impact on tenant farmers in Scotland of the announced changes to agricultural property relief on inheritance tax.
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