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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 18 July 2024
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Question reference: S5F-01879

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 08 January 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2018

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-01850

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2017

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-01817

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2017

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-01783

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 December 2017

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-01758

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2017

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-01731

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2017

To be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5W-11211

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 26 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the interim report of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, Time for Change: A New Vision for the British Economy.

Question reference: S5F-01595

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2017

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will give a commitment in the week of International Day of Older Persons that eligibility criteria for the national concessionary travel scheme will not change during the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S5W-10850

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 19 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much it allocated to Scottish Enterprise to fund its Research and Development Grants (a) in each of the last five years and (b) for 2017-18.

Question reference: S5W-10849

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report in The Sunday Times on 20 August 2017 that Scottish Enterprise has exhausted its Research and Development Grants budget for 2017-18.