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Chamber and committees

Questions and answers

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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 8 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-33493

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether any changes to compulsory purchase order legislation are planned to support net zero and climate adaptation projects.

Question reference: S6W-33395

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital admissions there have been in each of the last five years of pedestrians injured in collisions with (a) pedal cycles and (b) two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles.

Question reference: S6W-33506

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether its (a) media and software subscriptions and (b) professional memberships align with its (i) net zero and (ii) sustainability targets.

Question reference: S6W-33507

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it shares (a) software licences and (b) professional memberships across departments to reduce costs.

Question reference: S6W-33398

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33091 by Ivan McKee on 14 January 2025, whether there are any plans to replace the (a) heavy goods lorries and (b) light commercial vehicles in its fleet with electric vehicle models, and, if so, what the anticipated timeline is for doing so.

Question reference: S6W-33471

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted an assessment of how improving the energy efficiency of its buildings could contribute to its overall net zero targets.

Question reference: S6W-33502

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) it and (b) each of its departments and directorates has spent on professional memberships in each of the last five years, broken down by organisation.

Question reference: S6W-33504

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to renew or change its professional memberships as part of its organisational strategy.

Question reference: S6W-33500

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that it complies with licensing agreements for software subscriptions.

Question reference: S6W-33505

  • Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has policies or guidance for departments on spending for (a) newspapers, (b) software subscriptions and (c) professional memberships.