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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-42121
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding reports that Professor Alexis Jay's comments on grooming gang inquiries were misrepresented during a debate on the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill on 16 September 2025, when it first received correspondence from Professor Alexis Jay or her representatives relating to the accuracy of comments made about her views.
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Question reference: S6W-42117
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding reports that Professor Alexis Jay's comments on grooming gang inquiries were misrepresented during a debate on the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill on 16 September 2025, on what date it decided whether or not to correct the Official Report following notification that comments made about her views were inaccurate.
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Question reference: S6W-42135
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact (a) of cross-border online alcohol sales on wholesalers, distributors and small businesses in rural and island communities, and (b) of minimum unit pricing on the ability of these firms to be competitive with alcohol sales dispatched outside of Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-42185
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the £620,000 of funding that it has provided to improve the understanding of, and support for, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), whether it will provide information on how the money has been allocated and spent in the (a) financial year 2024-25 and (b) current financial year to date.
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Question reference: S6W-42178
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report published in January 2025 by climateXchange, Carbon Calculator for wind farms on Scottish peatlands: an evidence assessment, and what progress has been made to deliver against its recommendation that the carbon calculator, in its current form, should be updated.
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Question reference: S6W-42201
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that filters in cigarettes are one of the most littered items and that they leak toxic chemicals, which can threaten marine life, what its position is on calls to ban them.
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Question reference: S6W-42173
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether the decision by the Motability scheme to end the availability of "premium" vehicles, such as BMW and Mercedes cars, for purchase through the scheme will apply in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-42180
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has agreed a peatland compensation ratio for onshore wind projects, and, if so, whether it will publish the scientific evidence it used to inform that decision.
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Question reference: S6W-42172
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that housing associations cooperate with telecommunications providers in agreeing wayleaves, in order to enable the timely roll-out of full-fibre broadband to tenants and residents.
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Question reference: S6W-42167
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings of the 2022 Scottish Government Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland that "given the risks that incineration poses to human health and the environment, and the risk of lock-in, Scotland should not construct more capacity than it needs and only some of the currently planned capacity should be built", how this aligns with its reported plans to delay the landfill ban by building additional incinerator facilities to begin operating in 2026 and 2027.
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