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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 30 July 2024
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Question reference: S6O-00213

  • Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the £20 reduction to universal credit.

Question reference: S6O-00217

  • Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020.

Question reference: S6O-00207

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to recruit GPs in the Borders.

Question reference: S6O-00215

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that the £20 reduction to universal credit could have on households in Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.

Question reference: S6O-00218

  • Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the expansion of the GlobalScot network.

Question reference: S6O-00223

  • Asked by: Jim Fairlie, MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has met or has any plans to meet the recently appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to discuss constitutional issues in relation to Scotland.

Question reference: S6O-00219

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Afghan refugee relocation and resettlement with reference to the different elements of the New Scots Strategy.

Question reference: S6O-00208

  • Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Tayside regarding the grading of district nurse roles.

Question reference: S6O-00206

  • Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any plans to reintroduce a full GP out-of-hours service in Inverclyde.

Question reference: S6O-00224

  • Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the development of a National Centre for Music.