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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 November 2024
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Question reference: S6W-17194

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15995 by Christina McKelvie on 11 April 2023, when the working group will next meet.

Question reference: S6W-17256

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to identify the skills needed in the construction sector to reach net zero targets on a geographical basis.

Question reference: S6W-17193

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15995 by Christina McKelvie on 11 April 2023, how many times the working group has met since 29 June 2022.

Question reference: S6W-17258

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to identify the skills needed in the manufacturing sector to reach net zero targets on a geographical basis.

Question reference: S6W-17086

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to undertake a consultation on its Housing Bill prior to introduction, and, if so, when any such consultation will be launched.

Question reference: S6W-17075

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13155 by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023, whether it will bring forward its proposed Housing Bill prior to the summer parliamentary recess.

Question reference: S6W-17276

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on preparing detailed sectoral transition plans.

Question reference: S6W-17106

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to extending its Inclusion Health Action in General Practice programme to include deprived communities outside of the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.

Question reference: S6W-17261

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 26 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the consequences of climate change were factored into the fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4).

Question reference: S6W-17084

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government which stakeholders it has met since January 2022 to discuss its plans to introduce the power for local authorities to implement a Transient Visitor Levy.