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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 17 January 2026
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Question reference: S6O-01285

To ask the Scottish Government whether its COVID-19 recovery planning will include measures to improve access to interpreters and translators for people using public services.

Question reference: S6O-01286

To ask the Scottish Government how its cross-government Covid Recovery policies will take account of the recommendations of its COVID-19 Ventilation Short-Life Working Group.

Question reference: S6O-01298

  • Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve water quality in Scotland's rivers.

Question reference: S6O-01306

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to safeguard food production.

Question reference: S6W-09002

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital beds there have been in NHS Fife in each of the last 10 years.

Question reference: S6W-08988

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS National Services Scotland has spent on the purchase of (a) PPE and (b) lateral flow tests in each month since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, also broken down by financial year.

Question reference: S6W-08990

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS National Services Scotland has spent on the purchase of (a) PPE items and (b) lateral flow tests that were provided to unpaid carers in each month since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, also broken down by financial year.

Question reference: S6W-08979

  • Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 22 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a response to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee report, Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People.

Question reference: S6W-09040

  • Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many Ukrainian refugees have been refused a place through its Super Sponsor scheme due to (a) unspent convictions, (b) spent convictions, (c) unspent cautions and (d) sex offender notifications.

Question reference: S6W-09045

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale is for implementation of the decarbonised railway line between Stranraer and Girvan; what work has been carried out on this, and what progress has been made.