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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 5 July 2024
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Question reference: S5W-13570

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12986 by Shona Robison on 13 December 2017, whether any independent agencies are involved in drawing up how the Dignity at Work survey will be reported and, if so, which.

Question reference: S5W-13623

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how and (b) when parents or young people with differences of sexual development (DSD) can influence its forthcoming Gender Recognition Bill.

Question reference: S5W-13622

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12804 by Angela Constance on 29 November 2017, whether it accepts that many people with differences of sexual development (DSD) do not define as being LGBTI and therefore would not benefit from or have access to this support.

Question reference: S5W-13624

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12803 by Angela Constance on 29 November 2017, what its role is in promoting the inclusion of children and young people with people with differences of sexual development (DSD).

Question reference: S5W-13458

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide clarification on the deadline by which it must receive submissions of bids for support through the Schools for the Future Programme.

Question reference: S5W-13459

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make any changes or further announcements regarding City of Edinburgh Council Wave 4 school funding through the Schools for the Future Programme.

Question reference: S5W-12986

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with NHS Lothian regarding the recommendations in the 2012 report, Investigation into Management and Culture in NHS Lothian, since its publication.

Question reference: S5W-12971

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what constitutes a matter being in the public interest with regards to the judiciary publishing a sentencing statement.

Question reference: S5W-12972

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the public interest in the sentence given to the person convicted of the culpable homicide of Shaun Woodburn, what its position is on a sentencing statement being published.

Question reference: S5W-12984

  • Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether all of the recommendations in the 2012 report, Investigation into Management and Culture in NHS Lothian, have been met, and what the reasons are for its position on this.