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.
Filter your results Hide all filters
Displaying 9408 questions Show Answers
Order by
|
Question reference: S7W-02318
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the question S7W-01610 by Maree Todd on 5th August 2026, whether, and on what timeline, it will publish the recommendations provided by the six Long Term Conditions Advisory Groups.
Answer
Question reference: S7W-02288
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme, for what reason a memorandum of understanding was entered into that allows one stakeholder, the Clyde Fishermen's Association, to prevent other stakeholders from attending meetings of the Working Group.
Answer
Question reference: S7W-02290
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme, when the memorandum of understanding with the Clyde Fishermen's Association was signed by Scottish Ministers, in light of the published document being dated 1 April 2026, which was during the election purdah period.
Answer
Question reference: S7W-02289
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme, for what reason the Clyde Fishermen's Association is the only stakeholder with guaranteed access to the resulting data.
Answer
Question reference: S7W-02292
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the £10 million Travel Fund for children and young people with cancer being introduced in England in 2027, and the Welsh Government's announcement that work has begun on an equivalent fund in Wales, whether it will ensure that equivalent support regarding the costs of travelling to treatment is available for children and young people with cancer in Scotland, whether by expanding the eligibility criteria of the Young Patients Family Fund or through a separate scheme.
Answer
Question reference: S7W-02284
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding commercial fishing activity in Scottish inshore waters, whether it will provide the name and membership information of all the fishery (a) working groups, (b) co-management groups, (c) research groups and (d) management bodies, which are both informal or formally constituted, whose membership includes representatives of commercial fishing industry, scientists and/or Scottish Government officials and which are currently operating or have operated since 2020.
Answer
Question reference: S7W-02286
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme, for what reason a memorandum of understanding was entered into that guarantees the Clyde Fishermen's Association a position on the Working Group, and for what reason no equivalent position was provided for any other stakeholder.
Answer
Question reference: S7W-02293
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to a dedicated cancer strategy for children and young people, to follow the Collaborative and Compassionate Cancer Care strategy and how it will ensure the continued delivery of the strategy's aims, once it reaches the end of its lifecycle in 2026.
Answer
Question reference: S7W-02291
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme Working Group, what issues were discussed and recorded in the minutes at the inception meeting held before the end of February 2026, as referred to in the memorandum of understanding.
Answer
Question reference: S7W-02285
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme, for what reason the Clyde Fishermen's Association was the only stakeholder to be party to a memorandum of understanding with Scottish Ministers.
Answer
