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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-02162

Asked by: Julie MacDougall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to provide any support, including financial assistance, to residents and businesses affected by the high levels of E coli recorded at beaches around Kinghorn Harbour.

Question reference: S7W-02177

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to undertake a review of whether existing cancer waiting time standards adequately reflect clinical urgency for rapidly progressing cancers.

Question reference: S7W-02150

Asked by: Kristopher Leask, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that local communities are consulted and given an opportunity to bid for leases on publicly owned land where existing wind farms are due to be repowered and the associated land leases are due for renewal.

Question reference: S7W-02176

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the introduction of shorter target times for the diagnosis and treatment of rapidly progressing cancers.

Question reference: S7W-02151

Asked by: Kristopher Leask, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what community consultation took place prior to the renewal of the lease for Whitelee Windfarm and whether any opportunities were provided for local community organisations to bid for the lease and, if so, what those opportunities were.

Question reference: S7W-02157

Asked by: David Linden, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to introducing measures adopted elsewhere in Europe to reduce the prevalence of illegally modified e-bikes in Scotland, such as restrictions on the sale of speed-limiter tuning kits.

Question reference: S7W-02156

Asked by: David Linden, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) e-bikes and (b) e-scooters have been seized by Police Scotland in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S7W-02160

Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what lessons it has learned from the response to the July 2026 Cairngorms wildfire.

Question reference: S7W-02149

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has evaluated the effectiveness of the current eligibility criteria for lodging a proposal to alter a council tax valuation band, and whether it plans to review these criteria to allow individual property owners greater scope to seek a review of their property's valuation band.

Question reference: S7W-02173

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 27 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that current cancer waiting time standards adequately protect patients with rapidly progressing cancers.