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: S6W-40560
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to graduates in (a) immunology and (b) pharmacology to find employment in their chosen field.
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Question reference: S6W-40569
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the reported decision by some EU member states to reverse their previous policy and expand nuclear power, and what assessment it has made of any implications of this for Scotland’s energy policy.
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Question reference: S6W-40593
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what further evaluation it is carrying out of the 1,140 hours early learning childcare expansion, and by what date any reports regarding this work will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-40577
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that patients in Scotland have travelled abroad for surgery to confirm an endometriosis diagnosis due to long waiting times.
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Question reference: S6W-40570
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has commissioned on the potential role of small modular reactors in Scotland’s future energy mix.
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Question reference: S6W-40572
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners have been transferred from closed to open prisons in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-40565
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will engage with the UK Government regarding the UK–US nuclear power partnership.
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Question reference: S6W-40583
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on allowing pharmacists to review patient records to increase their prescribing capacity.
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Question reference: S6W-40592
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports suggesting that there is a link between the reported theft of global positioning system (GPS) units from farm machinery in Scotland and the war in Ukraine.
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Question reference: S6W-40589
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of insurance claims that have been (a) made and (b) approved in each of the last five years concerning the theft of global positioning system (GPS) units from farm machinery.
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