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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

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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 6 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-05427

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assistance is available to Stena Line in light of the potential impact of staff absences on sailings from Cairnryan over the Christmas and new year period.

Question reference: S6W-05426

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will designate Stena Line ferry services from Cairnryan as a vital service, and therefore exempt from the 10-day self-isolation rule if staff are fully vaccinated and have a negative lateral flow test, in order to ensure those services continue to operate.

Question reference: S6W-05591

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many teachers currently have long COVID.

Question reference: S6W-05509

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it opposes the construction of new nuclear power stations in Scotland, and, if so, for what reasons.

Question reference: S6W-05400

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made to ensure that local authorities are prepared to meet the new duties to register, inspect and monitor short-term lets and bed and breakfasts in their area.

Question reference: S6W-05383

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 21 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of the £20 million it has invested in social security advocacy.

Question reference: S6W-05412

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it did not remove bed and breakfasts from regulations for short-term lets when these were introduced.

Question reference: S6W-05296

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31470 by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 September 2020, and the recommendation in the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission's Report on the use of rodent glue traps in Scotland that glue traps be banned, when it is planning to bring forward legislation to implement such a ban.

Question reference: S6W-05839

  • Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
  • Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take at a national level, following the publication of the British Academy of Audiology report on NHS Lothian's Paediatric Audiology Services.

Question reference: S6O-00659

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 20 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Scottish Wholesale Food and Drink Resilience Fund.