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: S7W-03148
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider introducing measures to enable owners of properties with looped gas service connections to install gas central heating, where they are unable to obtain the consent of neighbours.
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Question reference: S7W-03016
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of proposals to reduce the number of NHS boards on the ongoing corporate homicide investigation into NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and what measures it is taking to ensure accountability for past failures at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus.
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Question reference: S7W-03144
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what training firefighters in Scotland have received on wildfire management.
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Question reference: S7W-03128
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has invested in new equipment required to tackle wildfires in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S7W-03063
- Asked by: Laura Moodie, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to provide emergency scholarship funding, or equivalent financial support, for students from Gaza who hold offers from Scotland's universities for the 2026-27 academic year, including support sufficient to enable them to meet the financial requirements for a UK Student visa.
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Question reference: S7W-03134
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the culture within the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, what plans it has to review the (a) workplace culture, (b) management culture and (c) actions that the organisation takes in response to instances of (i) bullying, (ii) harassment, (iii) sexism, (iv) racism, and (v) misogyny.
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Question reference: S7W-03142
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many wildfires have occurred in each year since the establishment of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in 2013.
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Question reference: S7W-03133
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reform the operation of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Board to ensure greater public participation in its (a) decision making, (b) scrutiny and (c) accountability.
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Question reference: S7W-03153
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, what specific clinical standards and targets for stroke care NHS boards are required to meet, for what reason performance is reported primarily against the Scottish average rather than against nationally agreed clinical standards, and what action it is taking when a board consistently falls below those standards and targets.
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Question reference: S7W-03136
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to reduce barriers to recruitment and staff retention in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
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