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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: S6W-42083
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether any of its ministers have been involved in any discussions or decisions regarding the case brought forward by For Women Scotland in relation to its policy on the housing of biological male prisoners in female prisons, and, if so, which ministers have been involved, and when any such discussions or decisions took place.
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Question reference: S6W-42099
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the University of Stirling's recently published research on the positive benefits of beaver-created wetlands on pollinator numbers, what financial incentives it provides for landowners to accommodate beaver wetlands.
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Question reference: S6W-42125
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what English language proficiency requirements are in place for operational staff at the Scottish Prison Service, and how these are assessed during the recruitment process.
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Question reference: S6W-42122
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to strengthen the Scottish Prison Service's recruitment vetting procedures to prevent infiltration by organised crime groups.
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Question reference: S6W-42080
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many biologically male prisoners are currently in female prisons, and what assessment it has made of any impact on female prisoners of this.
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Question reference: S6W-42079
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether the First Minister has agreed to meet For Women Scotland; if so, when he agreed to the meeting, and whether the meeting has taken place.
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Question reference: S6W-42081
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not yet settled the costs in the Supreme Court case, For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers.
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Question reference: S6W-42078
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has changed any policy or guidance for (a) the NHS, (b) schools, (c) Police Scotland and (d) the Scottish Prison Service following the Supreme Court judgment that sex, for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, is biological, and, if so, what changes have been made.
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Question reference: S6W-42128
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-41434 and S6W-41435 by Mairi McAllan on 18 November 2025 and S6W-41436 on 19 November 2025, whether it plans to introduce the bespoke statutory accommodation standards for all seasonal workers in the current parliamentary session; if so, by what date it needs to complete its consultation for this to take place; whether the consultation needs to conclude before, or is separate to, the publication of the bespoke statutory accommodation standards, and whether it (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake any work to assess whether it is fulfilling its responsibilities under section 315(6) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, including when local authorities do not have byelaws in effect pursuant to section 315(1) of the Act.
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Question reference: S6W-42100
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme excludes farmers and crofters who do not have livestock but who meet all of the scheme's criteria, and what assessment it has made of any divergence from EU rules, as outlined in article 31 of the EU Rural Development Regulations, that its application of the scheme represents.
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