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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: S6W-44045

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has ever produced any guidance on single-sex spaces in leisure centres, and, if so, what the content of that guidance is.

Question reference: S6W-44046

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it provided local authorities with any guidance on single-sex spaces in leisure centres before April 2025, and, if so, what the content of that guidance was.

Question reference: S6W-44047

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided local authorities with any guidance on single-sex spaces in leisure centres since April 2025, and, if so, what the content of that guidance is.

Question reference: S6O-05617

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2026
Current Status: Due to be taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support freedom of speech across the cultural sector.

Question reference: S6O-05604

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the social justice secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the protection of people's human rights in relation to new renewable energy infrastructure, including the proposed SSEN Transmission 400kV overhead power line in the North East Scotland region.

Question reference: S6W-43786

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 24 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what long-term plan it has to support people with obstructive sleep apnoea.

The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that people with respiratory conditions including obstructive sleep apnoea receive the best possible care and treatment to enable them to live longer, healthier, and more independent lives.

Our Respiratory Care Action Plan for Scotland has supported national work to strengthen prevention, diagnosis, care and support for people living with respiratory conditions. Through the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, national pathways are being developed for severe asthma, COPD and interstitial lung disease, with specific innovations underway to improve the diagnosis and management of sleep apnoea.

Work is also progressing to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation, a key intervention for people with chronic respiratory conditions, supported by a new digital first model being developed in partnership with Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.

We also recently published the Scotland's Population Health Framework and the Health and Social Care Service Renewal Framework in which we outline our shared, long-term vision for reforming and renewing health and social care services to ensure they are more sustainable, preventative, and equitable.

We know many people are still waiting too long for appointments and treatments for conditions such as sleep apnoea and this is not good enough. We are determined to do more and this year we have allocated more than £135.5 million of additional funding to health boards to help tackle the longest waits for planned care. This funding means thousands more appointments, operations and procedures are being delivered this year compared to 2024-25.

To build on this progress, extra funding of up to £20 million is being made available to health boards for the last quarter of the year, with the focus on Boards and specialities with long waits.

We will continue to work with clinicians, national delivery partners and the third sector to ensure that people with obstructive sleep apnoea can access timely diagnosis, effective treatment and ongoing support as part of safe, high quality respiratory care.

Question reference: S6O-05515

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the current state of libraries in Scotland as part of any action it is taking to protect and strengthen these services.

Question reference: S6O-05420

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures value for money when allocating funding within the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture portfolio.

Question reference: S6O-05401

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect women from rape and sexual assault in hospitals.

Question reference: S6O-05262

Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the impact of its export growth strategy, A Trading Nation, including what metrics it has used to assess this.