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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-03786
- Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of comments reportedly made by the Minister for Agriculture, Marine and the Islands at a public meeting in Aviemore on 18 September 2026 regarding the Cairngorms wildfire, whether the central budget and contractual arrangements for aerial wildfire support enable its deployment to be authorised before agreement has been reached on which responding organisation will bear the cost.
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Question reference: S7W-03790
- Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports calls to establish a register of wildfire-capable equipment and specialist contractors that organisations responding to wildfires can access and, if so, what arrangements it would propose for checking competence, agreeing deployment and payment terms, and ensuring that information remains current.
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Question reference: S7W-03792
- Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government in what circumstances recipients of woodland creation or management grants may be required to repay funding where woodland is damaged or destroyed by wildfire, and what discretion, appeal arrangements and restoration support are available.
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Question reference: S7W-03817
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the July 2025 update to its policy on the protection of Ramsar wetland sites, what contact it has had or plans to have with the Ramsar Convention secretariat regarding the proposed Coul Links golf club.
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Question reference: S7W-03845
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to women’s poverty as part of its public service reform agenda, and what engagement it is undertaking with stakeholders to ensure that women’s poverty and child poverty are at the forefront of this reform.
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Question reference: S7W-03815
- Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the specific needs of the comedy sector are considered in the development and delivery of its cultural funding policies.
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Question reference: S7W-03793
- Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what minimum standards it expects local resilience partners to apply when evacuating communities affected by wildfire, including registration and subsequent contact with evacuees, transport for people without vehicles, and support for visitors unfamiliar with the area.
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Question reference: S7W-03810
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh North Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure consistent access to NHS prescribing and shared care for people with an appropriate private ADHD diagnosis, regardless of where they live in Scotland, while maintaining the necessary clinical safeguards.
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Question reference: S7W-03799
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed any potential impact of the construction of hyperscale artificial intelligence data centres on housing construction and housing delivery, including whether demand for skilled labour, construction materials, land, energy infrastructure and any related resources could affect the timescales or costs of residential housebuilding projects across Scotland.
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Question reference: S7W-03852
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many individual passengers have benefited from the £2 bus fare cap since the introduction of the scheme.
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