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-00353
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what targeted interventions are being delivered in the most deprived communities to reduce the incidence of chronic illness among women before retirement age.
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Question reference: S7W-00410
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish National Party 2026 manifesto commitment to ensure that every child who needs it can access Bairns’ Hoose within five years, by what date it expects this commitment to be fully implemented.
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Question reference: S7W-00359
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what specific replacement employment opportunities it expects to be created for workers affected by the Grangemouth refinery closure, including what the anticipated (a) job numbers, (b) salary levels and (c) delivery timescales are.
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Question reference: S7W-00354
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many women in each NHS board area are currently waiting more than 12 weeks for (a) gynaecology, (b) menopause and (c) chronic pain services, and what action is being taken to reduce these waits.
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Question reference: S7W-00365
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase domestic food production, and reduce dependence on imported food, fertiliser and agricultural inputs.
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Question reference: S7W-00405
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much public money has been spent by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland on employment settlements, legal advice and associated employment dispute costs in each of the last five financial years.
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Question reference: S7W-00367
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that environmental regulation does not unnecessarily delay practical river restoration and flood prevention work.
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Question reference: S7W-00416
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government further to the Scottish National Party 2026 manifesto commitment to bring forward a misogyny bill to outlaw harassment and abuse based on misogyny, when it plans to introduce this bill.
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Question reference: S7W-00401
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will direct the Scottish Prison Service to revise its maternity and parental leave policy to restore explicit references to women, mothers, pregnancy and stillbirth.
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Question reference: S7W-00368
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to town and city centre businesses experiencing (a) declining footfall, (b) rising antisocial behaviour and (c) increased operating costs.
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