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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-43832

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 26 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to protect communities in light of the Community Security Trust reporting a 36% increase in antisemitic incidents in Scotland between 2024 and 2025, including the first recorded extreme violence case.

The Scottish Government stands firmly against any incidence of antisemitism. We are committed to robust and meaningful action to tackle all forms of this prejudice.

This includes yearly funding to the Jewish Council of Scotland to help build capacity for supporting those who have experienced antisemitic behaviour or are concerned by reported increases. An additional one-off grant was provided in 2024-25, in recognition of a growing demand for their services since the 07 October 2023 attacks and subsequent Middle East conflict. The UKG’s Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme is also available for Jewish communities in Scotland to apply.

Ministers and officials meet regularly with Jewish organisations to discuss matters relevant to their community and the Scottish Government is committed to continuing its engagement work in this area.

Our Hate Crime Strategy, which has been informed by Jewish partners as well as Police Scotland, is vital for developing effective methods of preventing antisemitism. More broadly we work across a range of portfolios, including education, equalities and justice, to forge a collective approach against any hatred which targets our Jewish communities.

Question reference: S6T-02917

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 23 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Audit Scotland will investigate investment arrangements at ScotWind.

Question reference: S6W-43831

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 4 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on island communities of the extended annual maintenance of the MV Glen Sannox, and whether such repairs will impact the delivery of the MV Glen Rosa.

Question reference: S6O-05565

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, and other relevant criminal justice organisations, regarding the implementation of section 34 of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Act 2025.

Question reference: S6W-43565

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much export revenue has originated from businesses in each local authority area, in each of the last five years.

Export Statistics Scotland is the primary source of export data in Scotland. ESS is designed for national and sectoral analysis, but does not provide estimates at local authority level. As such we do not hold the data requested.

Geographically disaggregated trade data is available in HMRC trade in goods data, but this only covers export of goods only (not services) it is not a complete measure of total export revenue. Furthermore, HMRC Regional Trade Statistics are also at higher geographies than at local authority level (e.g. UK national level).

Question reference: S6W-43591

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 13 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to use funds raised from the expansion of UK Emissions Trading Scheme to the maritime sector to support the provision of Onshore Power Supply projects in Scottish ports.

Question reference: S6W-43590

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 13 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of any impact of the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to the maritime sector on Scotland’s competitiveness in attracting cruise business.

Question reference: S6W-43589

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 13 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered using any funds raised from the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to the maritime sector to support maritime decarbonisation projects.

Question reference: S6W-43562

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all its current major capital projects with a total capital value of £5 million or more, including, for each project, information on the (a) initial approved cost, (b) latest forecast total cost, (c) initial approved completion date and (d) current forecast completion date.

The Scottish Government publishes a ‘Major Capital Projects Progress Update’ every six months, the latest of which was published on 17 October 2025. The information asked for in the question is included within this report which can be found by way of the following web link: www.gov.scot/major-capital-projects-progress-update-august-2025

An accompanying update on the progress of ‘Major Capital Projects’ is also provided to the Convener of the Public Audit Committee at the same time and this can be found by way of the following Scottish Parliamentary web link: www.parliament.scot/public-audit-committee//major-capital-projects-update-october-2025

On 13 January 2026, we published a new Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline for the next four financial years which contains projects over £5 million and programmes over £20 million. This was accompanied by a spreadsheet which set out detail on expected costs and timescales. We will report on the progress of delivering the projects and programmes set out in the Delivery Pipeline every six months. The Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline can be found by way of the following web link: www.gov.scot/infrastructure-delivery-pipeline-2026

Question reference: S6W-43530

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2026
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 12 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the cost of pausing any increase to licensed hospitality business rates to the draft Scottish Budget 2026-27.

The move to a three-yearly revaluation cycle was a key recommendation of the independent Barclay Review of Non-Domestic Rates. The legislative provisions to introduce the shorter revaluation cycle and one-year tone date received universal cross party support and were warmly welcomed by the business community including the Scottish Tourism Alliance, the Scottish Beer and Pub Association and a consortium of Hospitality Industry bodies, including Hospitality UK (Scotland) and the Scottish Tourism Alliance, the Scottish Licensed Trade Association.

Delivering that independent recommendation is critical to the integrity of a rate system which the SCDI noted at the time of the legislation “will be more reflective of, and responsive to, up-to-date market and business conditions”. Where ratepayers have evidence that their rateable values do not reflect up to date market and business conditions, there are robust proposal and appeal processes in place to ensure such issues are addressed. While some properties will see increases in rateable values at the 2026 revaluation, over 40,000 properties will see a decrease and Revaluation Transitional Relief will cap gross bill increases for those seeing the most significant impact.

We have not specifically undertaken analysis of the cost of pausing rates increases for any particular sector but have delivered a comprehensive package of reliefs. 96% of retail, hospitality and leisure properties could benefit from some form of relief in 2026-27.