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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-43036

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that expertise in criminal law is represented among those appointed as Scottish Law Commissioners.

Question reference: S6W-43032

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to increase awareness of the medical condition, eosinophilic oesophagitis, in NHS Scotland, in both primary and secondary care settings.

Question reference: S6W-43010

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government in light of the announcement by the UK Government that it will consult on slaughter legislation for farmed fish, whether it will carry out a similar consultation on this matter in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-43037

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government by how much the capital budget for colleges will increase in 2026-27.

Question reference: S6W-43038

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Just Transition Fund has been spent to date.

Question reference: S6W-42965

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the decision to move responsibility for energy consent decisions from the Cabinet Secretary of Climate Action and Energy to the Minister for Public Finance, and the minister's subsequent comment reported in the Scottish Daily Express on 10 January 2026 that he is “the Minister with responsibility for planning and Gillian Martin sensibly proposed that if I was also to take on responsibility for these decisions that this would enable her to more readily engage with communities in a manner that she would otherwise be precluded from doing”, whether it will confirm when the conversation where this proposal was made took place; who was present and whether (a) a formal or (b) an informal minute was taken and, if so, by what date this minute will be published.

Question reference: S6W-43024

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Resolution Foundation's analysis of Adult Disability Payment and Personal Independence Payment official statistics that successful application rates for Adult Disability Payment are now lower compared with the equivalent Personal Independence Payment in England and Wales, what the reason is for any such difference in successful application rates.

Question reference: S6W-43051

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what specialist residential provision is currently provided for under-18s experiencing addiction issues, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-43042

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been provided to local authorities to address delayed discharges, broken down by local authority, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-43034

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support research and clinical trials for the medical condition, eosinophilic oesophagitis.