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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 19 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37758

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any oversight over the total level of bonuses paid out by the Scottish National Investment Bank.

Question reference: S6W-37154

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that all perspectives, including those of women’s rights campaigners, are included in future stakeholder consultations on sex-based rights and equality policy.

Question reference: S6W-37750

  • Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the urgent question by Kate Forbes on 14 May 2025, whether it will provide an outline of the work of the small review team that will now meet weekly to discuss the completion of the MV Glen Rosa.

Question reference: S6W-37781

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to expand the deployment of solar panels across the NHS Scotland estate.

Question reference: S6W-37631

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of what the risk of legal challenge would be for any public bodies that continue to apply policies of gender self-identification in relation to access to single-sex spaces.

Question reference: S6W-37248

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its work to promote Scottish businesses, and in light of its guidance on due diligence and human rights, whether the Minister for Business raised the issue of human rights on his recent trip to China.

Question reference: S6W-37031

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential impact on investor confidence in (a) the Grangemouth oil refinery and (b) Scotland more broadly of the First Minister’s recent remarks regarding nationalisation of the refinery.

Question reference: S6W-35471

  • Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to assist NHS boards with the implementation of systems and record-keeping procedures to ensure patient safety in hospitals.

Question reference: S6W-37156

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review future grant funding for any activist groups found to have been spreading misinformation and hostility in relation to the expression of gender-critical views.

Question reference: S6W-37615

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recently published, Allegations in Foster Care Toolkit, by the Fostering Network, what its position is on what impact the investigation of unsubstantiated allegations will have on retaining and attracting foster carers.