Business
The day-to-day record
What MSPs lodge, ask, debate and agree, and what the public petitions for. Counts are for Session 7 unless stated.
Coming up in the chamber
Coming up →- Tue 17 Nov
- 2.00 pm General Questions
- First Minister’s Questions (Backbench Members)
- Scottish Government Debate: Energy Prices and the Cost of Living
- 5.30 pm Members’ Business
- Wed 18 Nov
- 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Deputy First Minister Responsibilities, Finance and Local Government, Parliamentary Business and Veterans; Public Service Reform, Europe, External Affairs and Energy
- Scottish Green Party Business
- 5.30 pm Members’ Business
- Thu 19 Nov
- 1.30 pm General Questions
- 2.00 pm First Minister’s Questions (Party Leaders)
- Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Questions
- Scottish Government Debate: Prevention and Preventative Budgeting
- 5.00 pm Members’ Business
- Tue 24 Nov
- 2.00 pm General Questions
- First Minister’s Questions (Backbench Members)
- Scottish Government Business
- 5.30 pm Members’ Business
- Wed 25 Nov
- 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Justice; Health and Care
- Scottish Government Business
- 5.30 pm Members’ Business
- Thu 26 Nov
- 1.30 pm General Questions
- 2.00 pm First Minister’s Questions (Party Leaders)
- Scottish Government Business
- 5.00 pm Members’ Business
From the Parliamentary Bureau's business programme S7M-01982, agreed 11 Nov 2026. Routine procedural slots are left out.
Motions
2,205 this sessionProposals MSPs lodge for debate or to put a view on record. Latest for debate or members' business:
- Remembering the Service of the Armed Forces Community
- Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Commonwealth Citizens) Bill
- Realising the Economic Potential of Marine Energy
- Future Investment for Highland Hospice
- Bringing Holyrood Park Legislation into the 21st Century
Questions
5,522 this sessionWritten and oral questions to the Scottish Government and the Corporate Body.
- Which stakeholders Public Services Delivery Scotland plans to work with on its change programme to …
- Whether it will publish a transparent and sustainable delivery plan setting out how hybrid closed l…
- Whether any handover meetings took place in 2026 between the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care …
- How many (a) incidents reportable under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrenc…
- How many patients are currently receiving disease-modifying therapies for (a) relapsing multiple sc…
Petitions
86 openPublic petitions to the Parliament. Most recently published:
- Reform marine energy licensing for data neutrality and maritime safety
- Complete Scotland's Period Poverty Mission with Better Menstrual Health and Menopause Education
- Amend the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 to enforce strict developer liability for defective homes
- Provide free energy for over-65s
Official Report
to 12 Nov 2026The substantially verbatim record of the chamber and committees. Latest meetings:
- Meeting of the Parliament
- Meeting of the Parliament
- Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee
- Meeting of the Parliament
Statutory instruments
7,108 in totalSecondary legislation laid before Parliament. The published feed stops at 10 Oct 2018.
- First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition) Regula…
- National Health Service (General Dental Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2018
- Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 2, Transitory and Saving Provision) Regulations 2018
Decision-time divisions: how every MSP voted.