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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-02722

Asked by: Yi-pei Chou Turvey, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done on progressing the second recommendation in the Misogyny – A Human Rights Issue report published by the Working Group on Misogyny and Criminal Justice led by Baroness Helena Kennedy KC.

Question reference: S7W-02740

Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has held with stakeholders, industry representatives and teaching unions regarding the practical implementation of the Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Act 2026, and what its expected timetable is for delivering the requirements of the Act.

Question reference: S7W-02673

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S7W-01961 by Jim Fairlie on 20 August 2026, which did not address the question posed, what consideration it has given to introducing legislation to prohibit the sale, supply and release of sky lanterns and helium balloons, into the atmosphere.

Question reference: S7W-02723

Asked by: Yi-pei Chou Turvey, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many policy reviews are currently ongoing in each portfolio area and how long each of them has been carried out for.

Question reference: S7W-02616

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported closure of Change Mental Health’s Hearing Voices services across NHS Tayside, what action it is taking to ensure that sufficient support is available for people in Angus, Dundee, and Perth and Kinross who experience auditory, visual, or other sensory disturbances.

Question reference: S7W-02739

Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards implementing the provisions of the Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Act 2026 and, in light of the statutory deadline of 30 September 2027, when it expects to make the regulations required under section 4(2) of the Act.

Question reference: S7W-02617

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what due diligence it carried out, prior to awarding £400,000 to the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) in June 2026, regarding how the funding would be used and the outcomes that it was expected to deliver.

Question reference: S7W-02738

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 August 2026
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 28 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in publishing a draft referendum Bill.

I’m pleased to announce that the draft referendum bill is being published today.

The largest number of pro-independence MSPs in history has voted to support the call for powers to hold a referendum on Scottish independence to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.

This draft Bill, which is a First 100 Days commitment, is being published to show what a referendum bill would look like at the point at which an agreement to hold a lawful independence referendum has been reached.

Question reference: S7W-02720

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Fife North East, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use the estimated £140 million in additional block grant funding it is expected to receive between 2026-27 and 2029-30 as a result of the £1.5 billion funding announced by the UK Government in the 2025 UK Budget for its Warm Homes Plan.

Question reference: S7W-02724

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what testing was carried out on the new ScotRail app prior to its launch on 30 July 2026.