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-00589
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party 2026 manifesto commitment to create a new housing agency, how much it estimates the government-run agency would cost to (a) set up and (b) run, each year.
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Question reference: S7W-00583
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many Single Building Assessments have been completed in (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 to date, broken down by (i) month, (ii) applicant type and (iii) local authority area.
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Question reference: S7W-00593
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to building 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, how many affordable homes have been built (a) in total and (b) in rural areas in each year since 2021-22.
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Question reference: S7W-00558
- Asked by: Amanda Lindsay, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will provide an explanation for the removal of the “female” category from the Scottish Parliament’s search function, despite the UK Supreme Court ruling in April 2025 that confirmed “woman” and “sex” under the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex.
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Question reference: S7W-00547
- Asked by: David Barratt, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what further support it is providing to local authorities to help increase enforcement activity by Trading Standards officers.
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Question reference: S7W-00573
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the new railway station at Winchburgh will be completed.
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Question reference: S7W-00563
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the new Deer Code to be in place.
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Question reference: S7W-00585
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, following a Single Building Assessment, in how many instances it has been determined that remediation work was (a) required and (b) not required in (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27 to date, broken down by (A) month, (B) applicant type and (C) local authority area.
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Question reference: S7W-00552
- Asked by: David Barratt, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what regulatory powers are available to local authorities to limit the density of retail premises selling vape products in particular areas.
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Question reference: S7W-00521
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when endometriosis will formally be recognised as a chronic long-term condition.
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