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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 16 January 2025
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Question reference: S6W-01406

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government by what date the draft guidance by Scottish Forestry on the ploughing of carbon-rich soils will be published.

Question reference: S6W-01405

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out on the carbon release impact of different techniques of forestation work.

Question reference: S6W-01367

  • Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on extending the use of recorded warnings from the possession of small amounts of cannabis to the possession of small amounts of all drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

Question reference: S6W-01732

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, with regard to school inspections, what measures it has put in place to assess learning support facilities, and more specifically, autism and additional needs provision.

Question reference: S6W-01481

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the public are aware that NHS services are fully functioning and that health concerns therefore can and should be acted upon despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-01684

  • Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken within secondary schools to raise awareness of suicide prevention and the availability of mental health support.

Question reference: S6W-01852

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is gathering data to determine the impact of long COVID on education.

Question reference: S6W-01403

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out on the impact of forestry on soils.

Question reference: S6W-01735

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to help parents of autistic children with (a) home learning and (b) the return to physical education.

Question reference: S6W-01418

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00828 by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021, what impact the UK Government’s proposals for (a) subsidy control mechanisms and (b) competition law might have on the work to make the Road Equivalent Tariff subsidy available to Pentland Ferries’ private routes across the Pentland Firth.