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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-37560

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage older people and people who experience loneliness to join and participate in local social groups. 

Question reference: S6W-37555

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support and improve the experiences of any women of Wigtownshire who have reportedly had to travel 80 miles to give birth without access to pain relief, in light of the increased risk of giving birth at the roadside. 

Question reference: S6W-37312

  • Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Supreme Court judgment in the case For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, whether the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service will change its donor questionnaire to ensure that questions about pregnancy are only required to be answered by biological women, and whether it will issue apologies to any biological men who may have been unable to give blood as a result of not answering any such questions.

Question reference: S6W-37569

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that any incidents of environmental pollution by the salmon farming industry that have been caused by the sinking of vessels, and fuel spills, are investigated and sanctioned appropriately.

Question reference: S6W-37587

  • Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether fisheries management measures for the remaining inshore Marine Protected Areas and a programme of protection for Priority Marine Features outside inshore Marine Protected Areas will be fully consulted on and adopted in statute before the end of the current parliamentary session.   

Question reference: S6W-37562

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to instigate a (a) review and (b) risk assessment on the outcomes for maternity care, in light of its reported withdrawal of maternity services from Wigtownshire, and, if so, when. 

Question reference: S6W-37545

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many local authorities currently provide restorative justice services.

Question reference: S6W-37554

  • Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will write to the UK Government to seek clarity on what steps can be taken to expand access to tovorafenib.

Question reference: S6W-37553

  • Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation it has made of whether tovorafenib can be made permanently available to patients in Scotland. 

Question reference: S6W-37561

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 May 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to improve the reported lack of maternity care provision in Wigtownshire.