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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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
  7. Current session: 14 May 2026 to 7 July 2026
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Question reference: S7W-01552

  • Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what precautions it is taking to ensure that the development of data centres does not have a significant impact on energy and water resources

Question reference: S7W-01553

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there there have been of jet ski owners in each year since the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park was established for infringements on the loch.

Question reference: S7W-01558

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when the LIFT Open Market Share Equity (OMSE) scheme will reopen for applications.

Question reference: S7W-01561

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-31971 by Gillian Martin on 12 December 2024, whether it still plans to bring forward proposals to improve water, wastewater and drainage policy, and if so, by what date it will do so.

Question reference: S7W-01536

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the £10 million Scottish Heating Oil Support Scheme fund, how many households have received support, broken down by (a) average amount received and (b) total amount paid out from the fund.

Question reference: S7W-01547

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessments, reports, correspondence or briefing it has prepared since MV Glen Sannox entered service comparing the vessel's actual greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption with (a) those of the vessel or vessels that it replaced and (b) the emissions reductions forecast in the business case.

Question reference: S7W-01555

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what enforcement action has been taken by the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park since the change of bye-laws relating to the use of jet skis.

Question reference: S7W-01548

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how and when it will assess whether MV Glen Sannox's use of liquefied natural gas has achieved the anticipated reduction in carbon emissions of around 20% compared with conventional marine gas oil, which formed part of the justification for the use of that fuel.

Question reference: S7W-01537

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the £10 million Scottish Heating Oil Support Scheme fund, where any unallocated funds are currently held and, if so, what it plans to do with such funds when the scheme closes in September 2026, including where they will be held subsequently.

Question reference: S7W-01549

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 3 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the time since entering service MV Glen Sannox has operated using (a) liquefied natural gas and (b) diesel; whether this is consistent with the assumptions made in the business case and, if not, for what reason.