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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 成人快手 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 23 December 2025
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Question reference: S6W-42725

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it will support colleges facing increased costs associated with running specialist equipment and engineering facilities.

Question reference: S6W-42716

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of how many retail jobs in Scotland are at risk if business rates remain higher than in comparable parts of the UK.

Question reference: S6W-42701

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it first became aware that Historic Environment Scotland did not have a designated accountable officer.

Question reference: S6W-42724

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address reported warnings that college investment has not kept pace with the need for high level technical skills.

Question reference: S6W-42672

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-37444 by Ivan McKee on 10 September 2025, how many meetings its ministers and officials have held with organisations listed on the UN database of businesses involved in activities related to the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in the period since motion S6M-18686 was passed by the Parliament on 3 September 2025.

Question reference: S6W-42693

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide information regarding the clinical risk assessment that underpins the reported proposal to downgrade five neonatal intensive care units, and whether it will publish that assessment in full.

Question reference: S6W-42703

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the correspondence it received from Audit Scotland regarding the reported governance failures at Historic Environment Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-42723

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that colleges can meet reported rising industry demand for skilled workers in engineering, energy, transport and construction.

Question reference: S6W-42720

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that speed awareness courses could have on (a) road safety and (b) driver education.

Question reference: S6W-42722

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 December 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 15 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of reported declining college staff numbers on the delivery of (a) technical and (b) vocational courses.