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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-04353

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 16 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to prevent farm fires, in light of NFU Mutual's latest farm fires report, which indicated that the cost of farm fires in Scotland rose by 22% between 2024 and 2025.

Question reference: S7W-03991

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether its review of maternity services will include the downgraded units in Elgin, Galloway and Caithness, including the potential for them to be fully reopened.

Question reference: S7W-04267

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost of leading a national vaccination programme for bluetongue virus ahead of the 2027 midge season.

Question reference: S7W-04280

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how many licences for (a) hydraulic dredge and (b) fyke net have been issued to Scottish-registered vessels in each year since 2021, and of those, how many vessels actively fished in each year.

Question reference: S7W-04268

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the resources that it would require to support an advertising campaign for a national vaccination programme for bluetongue virus ahead of the 2027 midge season.

Question reference: S7W-04269

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it has given any further consideration to providing compensation to farmers affected by bluetongue virus movement restrictions.

Question reference: S7W-04230

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what immediate action it will take to support and encourage local food production, including in the South of Scotland, in light of findings by the Scottish Human Rights Commission in its recent report, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the South of Scotland.

Question reference: S7W-04228

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent report by the Scottish Human Rights Commission, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the South of Scotland, which found that there were "clear human rights failures" across the South of Scotland.

Question reference: S7W-04222

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the June 2026 Agricultural Census, which shows a decline in the number of people working in agriculture, and what renewed action it will take to reverse this trend.

Question reference: S7W-04229

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 9 November 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what immediate action it will take in response to the recent report by the Scottish Human Rights Commission, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the South of Scotland, which found "clear human rights failures" in the region.