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-04137
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to rolling out universal entitlement to free school meals for all primary school children within the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6O-04139
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking, including in discussion with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, to promote electrical safety over the Christmas period.
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Question reference: S6O-04142
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget 2025-26 will support the growth of the Scottish economy.
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Question reference: S6O-04150
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, 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 tackle any fraud in Social Security Scotland.
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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-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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Question reference: S6O-04129
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of statistics reportedly showing that a record number of people have been waiting over a year for heart disease treatment.
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Question reference: S6O-04148
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any benefits of the Scottish Welfare Fund for constituents in Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.
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Question reference: S6O-04132
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, 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 prevent the emergence of a franchise model of GP provision.
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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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