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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 23 December 2024
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Question reference: S6W-14841

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish National Investment Bank will have a collaborative role in the development of any national infrastructure company.

Question reference: S6W-14831

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what actions it has taken to encourage and support local authorities to systematically assess the implications of using private finance ahead of any new infrastructure projects.

Question reference: S6W-14842

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to provide the Scottish National Investment Bank with a dispensation to lend to the public sector and issue bonds.

Question reference: S6W-14843

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with the UK Government regarding any changes to the fiscal framework that would enable Scotland to use alternative funding arrangements to the public private partnership (PPP) model for infrastructure projects.

Question reference: S6O-01963

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making towards fulfilling its commitment to introduce a national system of rent controls by the end of 2025.

Question reference: S6W-14825

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 21 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what actions it plans to take to ensure that the National Planning Framework and its plans for net zero are supported by implementing an alternative to public private partnership (PPP) arrangements across sectors.

Question reference: S6W-13590

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether an independent inquiry into the 2005 conviction of Luke Mitchell for the murder of Jodi Jones in 2003 is being considered by the Lord Advocate.

Question reference: S6O-01875

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking through its Covid Recovery Strategy to support students.

Question reference: S6W-14274

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 1 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service in response to reports that the number of warrants for entry that have been granted has trebled since 2020.

Question reference: S6W-14124

  • Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 30 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government which fire stations are currently recorded as (a) lacking sufficient showering or toilet facilities, (b) lacking basic bathroom facilities, (c) lacking shower facilities, (d) lacking drying facilities, (e) lacking a water supply, (f) being in “poor or bad condition” and (g) held up at least in part by internal scaffolding, broken down by local authority area.