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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 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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Question reference: S7W-03926
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the socioeconomic backgrounds of students entering the medical profession, and what action it is taking to increase participation in medicine among people from deprived communities and lower-income households.
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Question reference: S7W-03912
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it will begin its consultation on the proposed Procurement Bill, as set out in its Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S7W-03954
- Asked by: Yi-pei Chou Turvey, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of adults reported that noisy neighbours or regular loud parties were very or fairly common in their neighbourhood in each year for which data is available since 2016, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S7W-03950
- Asked by: Yi-pei Chou Turvey, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of adults reported feeling safe when walking alone in their local neighbourhood after dark in each year for which data is available since 2016, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S7W-03936
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-02836, by Neil Gray on 17 September 2026, whether it has received any specific request from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service for additional funding for the specialist sexual offences courts.
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Question reference: S7W-03932
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what training, guidance and resources are provided to general practitioners and other primary care clinicians to support early identification, assessment and intervention in relation to alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD), and whether it plans to increase awareness and training in order to improve early diagnosis and patient outcomes.
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Question reference: S7W-03915
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any implications of hyperscale data centre applications already in the planning system on its forthcoming national planning guidance, and whether it expects planning authorities to determine such applications before the guidance is published.
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Question reference: S7W-03959
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the joint government and industry communications group established in relation to the bluetongue virus, whether it will provide information on (a) which industry representatives will be members, (b) when the first meeting will take place and (c) how long it expects the group to exist.
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Question reference: S7W-03916
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress towards developing a national strategic framework for hyperscale AI data centres, including how it is taking account of the number and scale of proposed developments and by what date it expects to publish the framework.
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Question reference: S7W-03929
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the adequacy of specialist training on alcohol-related brain damage for healthcare professionals, and what action it is taking to increase clinical expertise and improve diagnostic rates across Scotland.
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