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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 4 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-37873

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many children have died in the past five years as a result of a late diagnosis of cancer.

Question reference: S6W-37850

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether all (a) NHS boards and (b) local authorities have fully tested and resourced (i) disaster recovery and (ii) IT resilience plans.

Question reference: S6W-37833

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what productivity measures it will introduce alongside the NHS pay deal.

Question reference: S6W-37799

  • Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36400 by Mairi Gougeon on 22 April 2025, and in light of reports of significant welfare concerns, how it ensures that the enforcement of farmed fish welfare law is consistent and effective, and whether it considers the reported reliance on verbal advice, written advice and follow-on visits to be adequate to uphold the legal protections under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006.

Question reference: S6W-37779

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what options are available to private landlords who are considering issuing a tenant with a notice to leave on the grounds of abandonment because they are no longer believed to be living at a property, but mail is occasionally collected from the building.

Question reference: S6W-37894

  • Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on what role precision agriculture has in reducing nitrous oxide emissions from fertiliser use.

Question reference: S6W-37846

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people with autism who are currently detained in hospital have been for over 10 years, and whether it plans to review any such cases.

Question reference: S6W-37780

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what options are available to private landlords in circumstances where a tenant is the liable person for council tax but they are not making payments to ensure that the bills are covered and any situation of arrears can be addressed.

Question reference: S6W-37829

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of daily water production is lost due to leakage, and how this compares with the rest of the UK.

Question reference: S6W-37834

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any inflationary impact of the NHS pay deal.