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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 June 2024
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Question reference: S6W-28126

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Health and Safety Executive regarding the availability of hyperbaric treatment facilities within the NHS for offshore divers working in waters off the Scottish coastline.

Question reference: S6W-28108

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Borders Council declaring a housing emergency.

Question reference: S6W-28137

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether every school has access to on-site mental health services. 

Question reference: S6W-28106

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any impact on its climate change policies and targets, how ministers plan to take account of the advisory opinion delivered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on 21 May 2024 on the request submitted to the tribunal by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law.

Question reference: S6W-28188

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for the draft Housing (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-28187

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to attract investment and start-ups in Web 3.0 technology from non-UK sources.

Question reference: S6W-28107

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether any real-terms reductions that it has made to affordable housing budgets has led to (a) the Scottish Borders Council and (b) other local authorities declaring a housing emergency.

Question reference: S6W-28173

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 13 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many short-term lets it estimates have stopped operating since the introduction of the short-term let licensing scheme, broken down by local authority.

Question reference: S6W-28189

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 14 June 2024

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it still plans to undertake a review of the short-term let licensing scheme by late spring 2024 to assess how the scheme is working in practice, as it has previously committed to.

Question reference: S6W-28213

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether bridge repainting has been included in the scope of works for improvements to Anniesland railway station in Glasgow.