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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)
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Question reference: S6F-04609

Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2026

To ask the First Minister, regarding the proposed expansion of wind turbines, battery storage facilities and pylons across the Scottish Borders, whether the Scottish Government has carried out an assessment of the potential cumulative impact on the wildlife and the landscape, in light of the importance of tourism to the area.

Question reference: S6W-43172

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2026
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenni Minto on 19 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish Phase Two of the Women’s Health Plan.

I am pleased to announce that Phase Two of the Women’s Health Plan will be published tomorrow.

Phase Two sets out action which will be taken forward over the next three years, driving towards our ambition that all women and girls in Scotland enjoy the best possible health, throughout their lives.

New priorities in Phase Two of the Women’s Health Plan are focussed on tackling gynaecology waiting times, eliminating cervical cancer and prioritising women’s brain health.

These priority areas are further supported by 40 new actions, reflecting the needs of women and girls across their lives.

This phase is backed by additional funding of over £2.4 million to tackle gynaecological waiting times, bringing additional investment in gynaecology services to almost £13 million this year.

Informed by a rich evidence base, including the voices of women and girls, Phase Two builds on the progress already made, including the appointment and work of the first Women’s Health Champion Professor Anna Glasier, development of a women’s health information platform on NHS Inform and our Women’s Health Research Fund.

Phase Two will go live at 9am on Tuesday 20 January 2026 and can be accessed here: https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781806435562.

Question reference: S6W-42804

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of any delays to the national roll-out of body-worn video cameras on police officer safety, in light of reported reductions in assaults on officers in divisions where the technology is already in use.

Question reference: S6W-42799

Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its consultation, which was launched on 28 August 2025 and concluded on 17 October 2025, with the Criminal Justice Committee taking initial evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs on 24 September 2025, what the reasons are for the reported delay in the laying of the proposed Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (Characteristic of Sex) Amendment Regulations 2026, and when an update on the current status and next steps in the process will be provided to the Parliament.

Question reference: S6W-42814

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 19 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the proposed Tenements (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill will include a statutory right for owners to install EV charging infrastructure on common ground to override any obsolete title burdens that prevent the delivery of net zero targets in existing flatted developments.

Question reference: S6W-42805

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether any delay to the roll-out of body-worn video cameras is preventing Police Scotland from fully realising any benefits in court efficiency, including reductions in officer court citations and earlier guilty pleas.

Question reference: S6W-42792

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 19 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what obligations are placed on bus operators to accept the National Entitlement Card for local cross-border journeys.

The rules governing journeys made under the National Concessionary Travel Schemes are set out in the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Older and Disabled Persons (Eligible Persons and Eligible Services) (Scotland) Order 2006 as amended and the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Young Persons (Scotland) Order 2021.

These Orders state that operators admitted to the scheme must provide travel concessions to eligible persons travelling on eligible services on eligible journeys on presentation of a valid travel card.

Eligible services are defined as services which operate wholly within Scotland or a Northern England service, which is (a) a service to or from Carlisle which starts, passes through or ends in Dumfries and Galloway, and (b) a service to or from any part of North Northumberland adjoining Coldstream, Norham and Berwick-uponTweed, which starts, passes through or ends in the Scottish Borders.

Question reference: S6W-42808

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the scale and nature of vehicle and freight crime in Scotland, and whether intelligence from the National (a) Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service and (b) Freight Crime Database is used to inform this assessment.

Question reference: S6W-42806

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government which governance group is responsible for overseeing the delivery of body-worn video cameras for Police Scotland; when it last considered progress, and what action it has taken to address any delays.

Question reference: S6W-42809

Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 January 2026
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the process used to (a) create, (b) classify and (c) review crime codes relating to vehicle and freight crime in Scotland, and whether it considers that the existing crime codes are sufficient to capture freight and cargo crime accurately.

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