Skip to main content

Tell us your views

Help us do xxx by completing this short survey!

Link to survey goes here

What's on today Watch Parliament TV
Main navigation
Loading…

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

Filter your results Hide all filters

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 11 December 2025
Answer status
Question type
Clear search

Displaying 119 questions Show Answers

Order by |

Question reference: S6W-30377

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 17 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has produced an action plan on achieving compliance with Article 9(4) of the UN Aarhus Convention to ensure that access to justice is "fair, timely, equitable, and not prohibitively expensive".

Question reference: S6W-30485

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 9 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported comment by the Fire Brigades Union Scotland that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is in a “deadly cycle of decline”.

Question reference: S6O-03833

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent report by Audit Scotland on Scotland’s colleges, which states that “colleges need more clarity from the Scottish Government on the aspects of their role to prioritise,” and that colleges are “making fundamental decisions about their future services without this clarity”.  

Question reference: S6O-03753

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the Fair Work Convention’s inquiry into Fair Work in the Hospitality Industry.

Question reference: S6W-28536

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 August 2024
  • Current Status: Holding Answer by Jenni Minto on 6 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government test

Question reference: S6O-03832

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2024
  • Current Status: Due to be taken in the Chamber on 3 May 2028

To ask the Scottish Government test

Question reference: S6W-28640

  • Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 2 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the publication of the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s review of court rules, and, to comply with the access to justice requirements of the Aarhus Convention, how it will ensure that any reforms will be enacted before the deadline of 1 October 2024.

Question reference: S6F-03216

To ask the First Minister TEST3

Question reference: S6O-03707

To ask the Scottish Government test test test

Question reference: S6O-03636

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is undertaking to tackle racism in justice and community safety-related public bodies.