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-03005
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider introducing a proactive screening programme for prostate cancer for men who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene variants.
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Question reference: S7W-02990
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has put in place to mitigate firefighters’ and other personnel’s exposure to toxic fire effluents during large-scale and protracted wildfire incidents, including to ensure that firefighters and volunteers can shower and undertake appropriate decontamination within one hour of exposure, in light of the particular risks associated with prolonged grass and peat fires and any differences in PPE provision between professional firefighters and volunteers.
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Question reference: S7W-03004
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider introducing a proactive screening programme for prostate cancer for men over the age of 50.
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Question reference: S7W-03010
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many helicopters it plans to have on standby in advance of the next wildfire season.
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Question reference: S7W-03006
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that a 24/7 thrombectomy service is available and reasonably accessible to people living in Dumfries and Galloway.
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Question reference: S7W-02999
- Asked by: Joe Fagan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the use of green bonds or alternative financing mechanisms such as EUROFIMA, to procure publicly owned rolling stock as part of ScotRail’s future intercity procurement, in light of savings bonds being identified as a potential option in ASLEF’s report, A Public Vision for Financing Scotland’s Railways and in the recommendations set out in its report, Money on Track, Not Offshore as part of the union's Own Our Trains campaign.
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Question reference: S7W-02991
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered strengthening the role of wildfire prevention, preparedness and response within Scotland’s civil contingencies arrangements under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, including whether the current arrangements adequately reflect the increasing risk posed by large-scale and protracted wildfire incidents to communities, infrastructure, the environment and emergency service capacity.
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Question reference: S7W-02998
- Asked by: Joe Fagan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the implications for ScotRail’s Fleet Transition Strategy, including any plans for the procurement of publicly owned rolling stock, if the UK Government were to accede to the EUROFIMA Treaty, as proposed by ASLEF in its report, Money on the Track, Not Offshore as part of the union's Own Our Trains campaign.
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Question reference: S7W-03003
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider introducing a proactive screening programme for prostate cancer for black men over the age of 45, in light of evidence indicating that black men are at a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than other men.
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Question reference: S7W-03012
- Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to implement the framework set out in its 2023 Feminist Approach to International Relations (FAIR) position paper, Taking A Feminist Approach To International Relations, across all portfolios.
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