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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 19 December 2024
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Question reference: S6W-04338

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to include COVID-19 booster status on a person's vaccination record.

Question reference: S6W-04291

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03587 by Humza Yousaf on 8 November 2021, whether hyperbaric treatment is currently being considered by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) as a possible treatment, and when a decision will be taken on whether it will be made available to patients.

Question reference: S6O-00421

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what consideration has been given to providing parliamentary services outwith usual hours.

Question reference: S6W-03587

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of some reported evidence of the beneficial effects of hyperbaric treatments, whether it will consider offering these treatments to people diagnosed with long COVID.

Question reference: S6O-00351

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how the enterprise agencies support economic growth in Ayrshire.

Question reference: S6O-00329

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports the climate tech industry.

Question reference: S6O-00288

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it can support Scottish food and drink producers, in light of reports of empty supermarket shelves.

Question reference: S6O-00249

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government regarding the digital economy and digital single market.

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-00097

  • Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider establishing a compensation scheme for individuals who have been harmed by sodium valproate.