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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 5 August 2025
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Question reference: S6W-39701

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many air weapon certificate applications were rejected under section 5 of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015, in each year since 2017.

Question reference: S6W-39706

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38831 by Tom Arthur on 4 July 2025, what its position is on whether (a) section 298 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 sets out a legal obligation on (i) Police Scotland as a corporate body or (ii) the individual police officers who carry out place of safety orders and (b) this has any impact on what the proper response to the matter should be.

Question reference: S6W-39704

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the air weapon certificates applied for in 2024 under section 3 of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015, are still to be processed as of 31 July 2025.

Question reference: S6W-39700

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many air weapon certificate applications were granted under section 5 of the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015, in each year since 2017.

Question reference: S6W-39557

  • Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what its policy is on whether an independent Scotland would seek to join NATO. 

Question reference: S6W-39695

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking with local partners to ensure that flood defence measures are rigorously tested across Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-39697

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many Scotland-domiciled students have accessed doctoral loans in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-39691

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to update the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification.

Question reference: S6W-39664

  • Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the release of the minute of a meeting in June 2024 between the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture and the Israeli Ambassador to the UK in which the cabinet secretary described Scotland and Israel as being "critical friends", whether it still holds this position and, if not, (a) when the position changed and (b) what subsequent discussions or correspondence it had with the Israeli Embassy regarding this matter.

Question reference: S6W-39693

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 August 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many Hospital at Home beds have been delivered across Scotland to date, broken down by NHS board, and whether it is on track to meet its 2,000 virtual bed target by December 2026.