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: S7O-00058
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 June 2026
- Current Status: Due to be taken in the Chamber on 11 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the commissioning of a new pre-hospital critical care service for Edinburgh and the east of Scotland.
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Question reference: S7W-00700
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when a construction contract willl be awarded to dual the first of the planned sections of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn.
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Question reference: S7W-00721
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what specific financial mechanism it has modelled as a replacement to the UK-wide Contracts for Difference scheme, and what estimate it has made of the cost to the public purse of underwriting such a mechanism to secure capital investment for future ScotWind projects.
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Question reference: S7W-00696
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government further to 2026 Scottish National Party manifesto commitment to bring Transport Scotland “back into the Scottish Government, along with the other national transport bodies”, by what date it will publish its plans to do so, and what “other national bodies” are being considered.
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Question reference: S7W-00701
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional passenger journeys there have been on bus services in the Highland and Islands since the introduction of the £2 fare cap, and what the overall cost of this has been.
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Question reference: S7W-00698
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the long-term commercial viability of the passenger ferry service between Rosyth and Dunkirk; whether a ferry operator has agreed to delivering the service, and what efforts are underway to promote regular freight contracts for business and to encourage passenger footfall.
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Question reference: S7W-00722
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in the event of the establishment of an independent or fully devolved energy market, what assessment it has made of any legal and financial liabilities regarding existing 15- and 20-year Contracts for Difference agreements entered into by Scottish generators with the UK-owned Low Carbon Contracts Company, and whether any such liabilities would be transferred entirely to consumers in Scotland.
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Question reference: S7W-00702
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 June 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation of the £2 bus fare cap for the Highlands and Islands it made before announcing the decision to extend the scheme nationally.
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Question reference: S7W-00311
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the Scottish National Party manifesto to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items, what discussions it has had with the Scottish Retail Consortium regarding the proposal.
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Question reference: S7W-00312
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the SNP manifesto to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items, what discussions it has had with its Retail Industry Leadership Group regarding the proposal.
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