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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 21 January 2026
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Question reference: S6W-10723

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 29 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what commitments it has given to support Scotland’s wave and tidal energy sector.

Question reference: S6W-10659

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09711 by Michael Matheson on 23 August 2023, when it last undertook a (a) cost-benefit and (b) life-cycle carbon analysis comparing a nuclear model with the renewables-plus-storage model of electricity generation, based over a nuclear asset's lifetime; and, if such analysis has been done, whether this was undertaken for a site comparable to Hinkley Point nuclear power station, or for a small modular reactor (SMR) model, or for both.

Question reference: S6W-10724

  • Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it has given to the energy sector, including the European Marine Energy Centre, to create funding opportunities to replace the research and development funding landscape that was accessible prior to the UK leaving the EU.

Question reference: S6W-10772

  • Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what loss reserve measures are in place for the Deposit Return Scheme and how much public funding has been committed to those measures.

Question reference: S6W-10683

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the First Minister has engaged in any discussions about criminalising ecocide.

Question reference: S6W-10682

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 29 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set clear and robust targets to protect, restore and expand native woodland habitats.

Question reference: S6O-01440

To ask the Scottish Government what contribution colleges make to widening access to higher education for students living in the most deprived areas. 

Question reference: S6O-01436

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the Competition and Markets Authority regarding the impact on Scotland of its investigation into the variation of prices across the UK in relation to the supply of road fuel.

Question reference: S6O-01439

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to revive the bus industry following a slump in passenger numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6O-01442

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to grow and encourage primary Gaelic-medium education.