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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 19 December 2025
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Question reference: S6F-02719

  • Asked by: Evelyn Tweed, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to ensure that information on sexually transmitted infections is accessible, in light of STIQ Day, and the reported rising number of cases of sexually transmitted infections in Scotland.

Question reference: S6F-02717

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that Scotland has among the worst survival rates for some of the most serious cancers.

Question reference: S6F-02720

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

To ask the First Minister what percentage of the premises contracted for delivery of superfast broadband under the R100 scheme have still to be connected.

Question reference: S6F-02716

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-02715

  • Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-24264

  • Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to deliver on the recommendation in A Review of the Aquaculture Regulatory Process in Scotland, which was published in February 2022, that a 10-year regulatory framework should be produced for the seaweed part of aquaculture within 12 months of the publication of its vision for aquaculture.

Question reference: S6W-24252

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities will be statutory consultees in relation to the licensing of seaweed aquaculture in their areas.

Question reference: S6W-24251

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what public funding is currently available to support community-scale participation in the seaweed cultivation industry, and what additional funding might become available during this early development phase of the industry.

Question reference: S6W-24253

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what role local authorities will have in relation to the regulation of seaweed aquaculture in their area.

Question reference: S6W-24246

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government on what date it expects to publish the minutes of the meeting of the Scottish Advisory Group on Relationships and Behaviour in Schools that took place on 12 December 2023.