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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-42290

  • Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 December 2025
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to mitigate the two-child benefit cap now that the UK Government has announced that it is removing this limit.

Question reference: S6W-42138

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the safety of nuclear power. 

Question reference: S6W-42099

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the University of Stirling's recently published research on the positive benefits of beaver-created wetlands on pollinator numbers, what financial incentives it provides for landowners to accommodate beaver wetlands.

Question reference: S6W-42048

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

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to continue the Future Farming Investment Scheme in 2026.

Question reference: S6W-42131

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether its Fire and Rescue Unit has any formal governance board, oversight group or programme board that is responsible for strategic oversight of fire and rescue policy, and, if it does not, what the reasons are for this.

Question reference: S6W-42148

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS England, NHS Wales and HSC Northern Ireland in relation to a joint response to evidence regarding the risks for people affected by exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES) as a result of their mother using the drug during pregnancy.

Question reference: S6W-41956

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that telecare and other safety-critical systems connected to landlines are upgraded or adapted before the Public Switched Telephone Network ceases in January 2027. 

Question reference: S6W-42295

  • Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2025
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when the response to the recommendations set out by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the February 2025 Market Study into Infant formula and Follow-on formula will be published, in light of these measures being designed to increase affordability of a vital food product for babies.

Question reference: S6W-42041

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

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether AI has been used in any way to process applications to the Future Farming Investment Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-42089

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 November 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) fees or honoraria have been paid to and (b) travel and subsistence expenses have been claimed by each named member of the Abortion Law Review Expert Group in each financial year since its establishment.