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
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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Question reference: S7W-00661
- Asked by: Thomas Kerr, MSP for Glasgow, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding proposals for the introduction of a chief assessor in Scotland, and whether such a role would provide greater accountability for non-domestic rates payers compared with the current system of 14 different lead assessors.
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Question reference: S7W-00682
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether any internal advice or briefing material provided to ministers before 9 March 2020 relating to panic buying, supermarket shortages or supply-chain pressures was marked “official-sensitive”, or subject to similar classification markings or handling restrictions, and, if so, whether it will publish the information.
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Question reference: S7W-00694
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to recycle or reinvest the financial returns generated through previous or current Help to Buy schemes, including any profits or equity stakes, into the delivery of additional housing supply, and, if so, how these funds will be allocated.
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Question reference: S7W-00663
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider opening a GP walk-in centre in the Greater Easterhouse and Gartloch area.
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Question reference: S7W-00333
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to any risks of relying on the Vision 3 service, in light of previous Vision 3 suppliers reportedly going into administration.
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Question reference: S7W-00683
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what records it holds of any communications between the First Minister’s office and the Scottish National Party headquarters in March 2020 regarding COVID-19 public messaging, including messaging on panic buying, supermarket shortages or public behaviour.
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Question reference: S7W-00666
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the analysis by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) that indicates an increase of up to 40% in outsourcing by local authorities, what assessment it has made of any impact of outsourcing on (a) jobs and (b) revenue in the public sector.
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Question reference: S7W-00664
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding any impact that the reduction of firm power capacity following the closure of the Hunterston B power station in 2022 has had on constraint payments made to balance the grid.
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Question reference: S7W-00670
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding whether Scottish universities should exhaust alternative options, including the use of reserves and phased workforce planning measures, before pursuing compulsory redundancies.
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Question reference: S7W-00665
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider exploring the introduction of a public interest test to assess whether a service can be delivered more effectively in-house before any decision to outsource is made.
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