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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: S4O-02671

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many times Police Scotland has found so-called legal highs cut with illegal substances but not seized them.

Question reference: S4O-02649

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many stop-and-searches Police Scotland has carried out.

Question reference: S4W-17778

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital admissions there have been of people who have taken so-called legal highs in each NHS board area in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-17779

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 8 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many seizures of so-called legal highs cut with illegal drugs there have been in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-17780

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 8 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether shops or internet sites selling so-called legal highs and drug paraphernalia are subject to any licensing regime.

Question reference: S4W-17776

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 1 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities run (a) household and (b) business oil and fat recycling collection services.

Question reference: S4W-17781

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 11 October 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 31 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out an analysis of how many steroid users are using needle exchanges.

Question reference: S4O-02479

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 October 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Aberdeen City Council regarding economic development.

Question reference: S4O-02434

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to universities to attract students from overseas.

Question reference: S4W-16706

  • Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 10 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the protection offered to gulls by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.