Questions and answers
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-02576
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland about the distinction between e-bikes, illegal motorised vehicles, and standard bicycles and whether guidance is required to support the separate recording of incidents involving e-bikes and standard bicycles, and to avoid the inappropriate seizure of legally compliant vehicles.
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Question reference: S7W-02575
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to review the policy on repeated Adult Disability Payment (ADP) reassessments for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), in light of the condition being permanent and progressive in nature.
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Question reference: S7W-02574
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to review maternity pay arrangements for teachers, specifically the point at which occupational maternity pay is reduced to statutory maternity pay.
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Question reference: S7W-02601
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions (a) nitazenes and (b) other synthetic opioids were discovered in Scotland in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S7W-02603
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the 2026 Scottish National Party manifesto to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items, what its response is to the comments reportedly made by Scotland Food and Drink and published in Scottish Daily Mail on 20 August 2026 that the policy must avoid "unintended consequences" for food producers, manufacturers and supply chains.
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Question reference: S7W-02597
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions in the last three years the Scottish Ambulance Service has been unable to transfer a patient from an island community by ferry due to a cancellation or disruption, and what alternative means of transfer were used.
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Question reference: S7W-02598
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has given any consideration to mobile drug consumption rooms.
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Question reference: S7W-02596
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of NHS appointments missed, cancelled, or rescheduled by residents of island communities due to ferry cancellations or disruption in the last three years, and if it does not hold this data, what assessment it has made of any impact of ferry disruption on healthcare access.
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Question reference: S7W-02599
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions ministers have had with Police Scotland regarding the discovery of Scotland's first nitazene lab in 2025.
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Question reference: S7W-02600
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether 23 publicly-funded beds for drug rehabilitation is a sufficient number.
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