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Meeting of the Parliament 19 March 2026 [Draft]

19 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Question Time
Oral Questions (Annual Staff Resource Cost)
Chapman, Maggie Green North East Scotland Watch on SPTV

Administering the electronic random draw for portfolio and general questions that subsequently result in a not lodged status does not generate a specific cost to the corporate body.

The allocation of portfolio and general questions is done electronically by random draw each Monday after the midday deadline. Members whose names have been selected must lodge a question by midday on the Wednesday. If no question is received by that deadline, it is registered as not lodged.

There is no specific cost of administering the draw for a question that is subsequently not lodged and, as there is no question lodged, no resource is required to process it. If a question is not lodged, the chamber desk marks it as such and emails the member, recommending that they inform the Presiding Officer of the reasons for not lodging. That is the only resource implication for not lodged questions.

In the same item of business

3. Tim Eagle (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the estimated annual staff resource cost is to the SPCB of administering the random selection and proce...
Maggie Chapman (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body) Green
Administering the electronic random draw for portfolio and general questions that subsequently result in a not lodged status does not generate a specific cos...
Tim Eagle Con
I did not think that there would be much of a cost, but the wasted parliamentary time is another matter. Since January last year, there have been 55 not lodg...
Maggie Chapman Green
I think that we all share that frustration when such opportunities are lost. However, although I note that that frustration exists, there can be a whole rang...