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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 29 March 2025
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Question reference: S6W-36210

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its commitment in the 2023-24 Programme for Government to "support Police Scotland in its plan to roll out body worn cameras to officers over the next two years, to over 14,000 officers and staff from 2024", by what date this will be achieved.

Question reference: S6W-36209

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 25 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many body-worn cameras Police Scotland owns.

Question reference: S6W-36207

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on when a police officer should press "record on" when having access to a body-worn camera, and what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs has had with Police Scotland regarding this matter.

Question reference: S6W-36198

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with the implementation of the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021.

Question reference: S6W-36208

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many police (a) officers and (b) staff currently have access to a body-worn camera.

Question reference: S6W-36199

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with the implementation of the Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020.

Question reference: S6W-36200

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with the implementation of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020.

Question reference: S6W-35953

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 27 March 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings the National Bairns’ Hoose Governance Group had between February 2023 and June 2024.

Question reference: S6W-36013

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 4 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will establish a formal system for reporting and tracking antisocial behaviour on buses, and, if so, when.

Question reference: S6W-36014

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 21 March 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 4 April 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the behaviour code for all passengers who have a concessionary bus pass.