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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 3 April 2025
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Question reference: S6O-00772

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support expanded recruitment of teaching assistants.

Question reference: S6O-00708

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent survey, which found that 65% of those asked preferred to see the national flag of Scotland on their food.

Question reference: S6O-00598

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what cross-government strategies have been identified, as part of its work on COVID-19 recovery, to support communities and businesses most affected by the pandemic.

Question reference: S6O-00559

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what training is given to the police force to identify potential victims of modern slavery involved in organised crime.

Question reference: S6O-00507

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the implications for the fishing sector in Scotland of the outcomes of the sea fisheries negotiations.

Question reference: S6O-00460

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect victims of human trafficking from re-trafficking in Scotland.

Question reference: S6F-00522

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 November 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 November 2021

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on whether nuclear power is an essential part of Scotland's transition to net zero.

Question reference: S6O-00424

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how its winter care plan will ensure that adults in care homes will have continued and frequent access indoors to family and friends.

Question reference: S6O-00386

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what it sees as the sustainable development opportunities emerging from the decisions and outcomes of COP26.

Question reference: S6O-00306

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken, and will take, to support the mental and physical health of ethnic minority women who are victims of domestic abuse.