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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 4 April 2025
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Question reference: S5O-03960

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the timing of the UK and Scottish budgets.

Question reference: S5O-03876

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the amount of time that the police spend assisting people with mental health issues on matters that should not require their presence.

Question reference: S5O-03843

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what it can do to tackle the issue of “split ticketing” for train fares, whereby it can be cheaper to purchase tickets for component parts of a journey rather than one straight-through ticket.

Question reference: S5O-03808

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many Members have had their fingerprints taken for the two-factor authentication system for access to the complex.

Question reference: S5O-03773

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how minority groups within Pakistan are being helped as part of Scotland’s Pakistan Development Programme.

Question reference: S5O-03746

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether moving towards a two-verdict justice system of "proven" and "not proven" would be an improvement on the present system.

Question reference: S5O-03672

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the effectiveness has been of the trialling of placing physiotherapists in the emergency department at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Question reference: S5T-01762

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent sectarian violence, what action it proposes to prevent disorder at future marches.

Question reference: S5O-03526

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when the guidance on the Scottish Housing Quality Standard will be reviewed.

Question reference: S5O-03378

  • Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what recent consideration it has given to the impact of Brexit on immigration.