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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-05091

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent announcement of the creation of an NHS Simplification Programme Board, whether it will publish the outline and final business cases and, if so, when.

Question reference: S7W-05088

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent announcement of the creation of an NHS Simplification Programme Board, whether it will publish agendas, minutes and papers of the board meetings.

Question reference: S7W-05087

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent announcement of the creation of an NHS Simplification Programme Board, whether it will provide information on the membership of the board and who chairs it.

Question reference: S7W-05090

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent announcement of the creation of an NHS Simplification Programme Board, whether it will provide details of the board's agreed measures of success.

Question reference: S7W-05086

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent announcement of the creation of an NHS Simplification Programme Board, what assessment it has made of options for NHS governance beyond a two-board model.

Question reference: S7W-05043

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has provided to Columba 1400 in each of the last five years, and for what purpose, how any such funding was allocated, and what assessment it has made of the outcomes or progress resulting from that funding.

Question reference: S7W-05089

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent announcement of the creation of an NHS Simplification Programme Board, what external experts, NHS board leaders and trade unions are represented on the board.

Question reference: S7W-04898

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 20 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to reassure parents following the recent hoax bomb threats made against some schools in Scotland, and whether it can provide an update as to the origin of this malicious action.

Question reference: S7W-04745

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote the creation of energy from waste infrastructure in Scotland.

The Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland made it clear that Scotland does not need additional waste incineration facilities to treat our unavoidable and unrecyclable municipal residual waste, beyond those for which planning permission has already been granted, with very limited exceptions.

That is why the Scottish Government introduced restrictions on energy from waste (EfW) developments in National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), which came into effect on 13 February 2023.

A subsequent EfW capacity analysis, commissioned and published by Zero Waste Scotland (August 2026), has highlighted that there is limited headroom in the Scottish EfW fleet to provide the required contingency capacity for shutdowns, highlighting the need to continue to make progress on waste reduction and recycling.

Transitioning to a circular economy and reducing, reusing and recycling waste, remains a key Scottish Government priority. A range of measures are being progressed through Scotland's Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to help reduce the amount of residual waste requiring treatment, and support the transition to a more circular economy. These measures include the new household recycling Code of Practice, which will promote greater consistency in services to increase recycling and reduce waste.

Question reference: S7W-04746

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the carbon cost of transporting waste from across Scotland to landfill sites in England.