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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 11 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-36797

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that all NHS boards have met the implementation date for the Pathway of Maternity Care clinical guidance.

Question reference: S6W-36755

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-35645 by Natalie Don-Innes on 26 March 2025, when it expects the findings and evaluation of the early adopter community work to be published, and whether an expansion of early learning and childcare will take place before the end of the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S6W-36754

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the "stirring up hatred" provisions of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 to include "sex" as a characteristic.

Question reference: S6W-36804

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the report in The Herald on 4 April 2025 that critical materials have failed to be kept secure before the date of the assessment, what its response is to reported concerns that marking for the National 5 History paper has been compromised.

Question reference: S6W-36800

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed with the UK Government the provision of support to workers at Grangemouth refinery in the interim period prior to any developments from Project Willow.

Question reference: S6W-36756

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the impact of childcare costs on (a) women's participation in the workforce and (b) Scotland's fertility rate.

Question reference: S6W-36788

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has had with the UK Government regarding any negotiations that it has had, or plans, with the USA regarding a potential trade deal between the UK and USA.

Question reference: S6W-36787

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the squid fishery bycatch research that is being carried out by the Marine Directorate.

Question reference: S6W-36789

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it (a) has carried out and (b) plans to carry out an impact assessment of a potential trade deal between the UK and USA on sectors in Scotland, including farming, food, environmental protection, technology and public services.

Question reference: S6W-36817

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 April 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the 2025-26 social care budget will be used to support essential frontline services, as opposed to administrative overheads or bureaucracy.