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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 5 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-15677

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Social Security and Local Government has used WhatsApp to discuss government business.

Question reference: S6W-15676

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Equalities and Older People has used WhatsApp to discuss government business.

Question reference: S6W-15680

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 14 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity has used WhatsApp to discuss government business.

Question reference: S6W-15380

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent Prostate Cancer UK report into regional inequalities in diagnoses of prostate cancer, what its response is to the reported possibility that, in the course of diagnosis, pre-biopsy MRIs are not being routinely undertaken and assessed by a radiologist, thereby omitting the grading of tumours and undercutting the risk management of slow-growing, non-harmful prostate cancers, and whether it has investigated if any such practices have occurred.

Question reference: S6T-01244

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Loganair and Highlands and Islands Airports regarding the suspension of many island flights from 17 March.

Question reference: S6W-14547

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities have expressed interest in the Community Bus Fund.

Question reference: S6W-14214

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation breakdown is of those who are eligible for, but do not currently have (a) a young persons and (b) an older persons bus pass.

Question reference: S6W-14546

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the Community Bus Fund will launch.

Question reference: S6W-14545

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has had with local authorities on the Community Bus Fund.

Question reference: S6O-01913

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of January's Prostate Cancer UK data on regional inequalities in prostate cancer diagnoses.