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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 10 January 2025
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Question reference: S6W-00518

  • Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what public interest conditions relating to (a) open licensing, (b) equitable access and, (c) affordability were attached to the public funding of Valneva for the (i) research and development of its inactivated whole virus COVID-19 vaccine and (ii) expansion of manufacturing capacity at its factory in Livingston.

Question reference: S6W-00516

  • Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what the impact on the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in Livingston would be, should Valneva's inactivated whole virus vaccine not be approved for use.

Question reference: S6W-00736

  • Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 23 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ban the practice of so-called LGBT+ conversion therapy.

Question reference: S6W-00905

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish details of the bid process for the creation of Green Ports.

Question reference: S6W-00578

  • Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 23 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its responsibilities regarding children's rights and child protection, what action it can take to protect young people from accessing harmful material online; what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the decision not to implement Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017, which is aimed at offering such protection, and whether it has asked the UK ministers to reconsider this decision.

Question reference: S6W-00712

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support it has provided to taxi drivers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-00455

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what medicines are excluded from free prescriptions.

Question reference: S6W-00711

  • Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many taxi drivers are eligible for the full £1,500 that is available through the Taxi and Private Hire Driver and Operator Support Fund.

Question reference: S6W-00312

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many radiotherapy training places have there been in each academic year, since 2015.

Question reference: S6W-00479

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether its assessment of the risk to children’s health from COVID-19 is being revised, and on what basis.